Helicobacter pylori Burden in the United States According to Individual Demographics and Geography : A Nationwide Analysis of the Veterans Healthcare System

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: There are no contemporary large-scale studies evaluating the burden of Helicobacter pylori in the United States according to detailed demographics. The primary objective was to evaluate H pylori positivity in a large national healthcare system according to individual demographics and geography.

METHODS: We conducted a nationwide retrospective analysis of adults in the Veterans Health Administration who completed H pylori testing between 1999 and 2018. The primary outcome was H pylori positivity overall, as well as according to zip code-level geography, race, ethnicity, age, sex, and time period.

RESULTS: Among 913,328 individuals (mean, 58.1 years; 90.2% male) included between 1999 and 2018, H pylori was diagnosed in 25.8%. Positivity was highest in non-Hispanic black (median, 40.2%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 40.0%-40.5%) and Hispanic (36.7%; 95% CI, 36.4%-37.1%) individuals and lowest in non-Hispanic white individuals (20.1%; 95% CI, 20.0%-20.2%). Although H pylori positivity declined in all racial and ethnic groups over the timeframe, the disproportionate burden of H pylori in non-Hispanic black and Hispanic compared with non-Hispanic white individuals persisted. Approximately 4.7% of the variation in H pylori positivity was explained by demographics, with race and ethnicity accounting for the vast majority.

CONCLUSIONS: The burden of H pylori is substantial in the United States among veterans. These data should (1) motivate research aimed at better understanding why marked demographic differences in H pylori burden persist so that mitigating interventions may be implemented and (2) guide resource allocation to optimize H pylori testing and eradication in high-risk groups.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 22(2024), 1 vom: 27. Jan., Seite 42-50.e26

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shah, Shailja C [VerfasserIn]
Halvorson, Alese E [VerfasserIn]
Lee, David [VerfasserIn]
Bustamante, Ranier [VerfasserIn]
McBay, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Rohan [VerfasserIn]
Denton, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Dorn, Chad [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Otis [VerfasserIn]
Peek, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Samir [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Greevy, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Roumie, Christianne L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Disparities/Disparity
Gastric Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Health Status Disparities
Infectious Disease
Journal Article
Public Health
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cgh.2023.05.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357479335