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FLOW MEDIATED DILATION AND CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC GASTRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION
- Source :
- Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, Iss 0 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE), 2017.
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction is one of the early stages of vascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the endothelial dysfunction markers in patients with chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. METHODS: By a cross sectional study, basic and clinical information of 120 participants (40 patients with positive H. pylori infection, 40 patients with negative H. pylori infection and 40 healthy people) were analyzed. Carotid intima media thickness and flow-mediated dilation levels were measured in all patients and controls. Soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) were measured with Elisa for all subjects. IgG level was assessed in chronic gastritis patients. RESULTS: The flow-mediated dilation level in patients with positive H. pylori infection (0.17%±0.09) was significantly lower than those with negative H. pylori infection (0.21% ±0.10, P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16784219 and 00042803
- Issue :
- 0
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.517c8e2bd7664aeb85c61d57e45e614d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-2803.201700000-39