Prevalence of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia in a Multi-Ethnic United States Veterans Population

We examined the prevalence of gastric intestinal metaplasia, detected by upper endoscopy biopsy analysis, in different race and ethnic sub-groups. We also investigated the extent to which Helicobacter pylori infection, with or without acute and chronic gastritis, accounts for observed associations between race or ethnicity and risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - March 13, 2020 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Theresa H. Nguyen, Mimi C. Tan, Yan Liu, Massimo Rugge, Aaron P. Thrift, Hashem B. El-Serag Source Type: research