Blood pressure and stature in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative persons

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2014; 20(19): 5625-5631
Published online May 21, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i19.5625

Blood pressure and stature in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative persons

Marcela Kopacova, Ilona Koupil, Bohumil Seifert, Miluska Skodova Fendrichova, Jana Spirkova, Viktor Vorisek, Stanislav Rejchrt, Tomas Douda, Ilja Tacheci, Jan Bures

Marcela Kopacova, Miluska Skodova Fendrichova, Stanislav Rejchrt, Tomas Douda, Ilja Tacheci, Jan Bures, 2^nd Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Ilona Koupil, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden

Bohumil Seifert, Institute of General Practice, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, 12002 Praha, Czech Republic

Jana Spirkova, Viktor Vorisek, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Diagnostics, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this work.

Supported by Research project PRVOUK P37-08 (from Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)

Correspondence to: Marcela Kopacova, MD, PhD, Professor, 2^nd Department of Medicine - Gastroenterology, Charles University in Praha, Faculty of Medicine at Hradec Kralove, University Teaching Hospital, Sokolska 581, 50005 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. marcela.kopacova@fnhk.cz

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Received: September 29, 2013
Revised: December 13, 2013
Accepted: January 8, 2014
Published online: May 21, 2014

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Core tip: Our group studied body indices and basic vital signs in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) positive and negative persons in 2001. The prevalence of H. pylori infection decreased significantly in the Czech Republic from 41.7% (2001) to 23.5% (2011). The aim of this multi-centre prospective study was to evaluate body indices and vital signs using comparable methods in the general population from identical geographical areas 10 years later. According to our current results, chronic H. pylori infection was associated with short stature in children. H. pylori infection did not influence blood pressure, body weight and body mass index either in adults or children and adolescents.