Prevalence and related factors of peptic ulcer in military personnel of China
- VernacularTitle:消化性溃疡在某部军人中的发病情况及相关因素调查
- Author:
Wen WANG
;
Xiaojun WANG
;
Rong WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
peptic ulcer;
Helicobacter pylori;
epidemiologic studies;
military personnel
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence and related factors of peptic ulcer (PU) and Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in military men. Methods A stratified multi-stage cluster randomly sampling method was used. A questionary survey was conducted in 6 160 soldiers garrisoned at south China, inclding: PU symptoms and risk factors questionnaires; gastroscopy and Hp detection. Results Incidence of PU correlative symptoms (Sc≥5) in soldiers was 18.60%. The prevalence of PU was 12.78%.Higher incidence of PU was found among the soldiers who enlisted for less than 1 year, or were from south China, or served in armored troops. The prevalence of Hp infection was 62.67%. Hp infection (OR4.60), smoking (OR3.8), sustained intense training (OR4.3), fighting vehicle driving (OR6.0) and frequent mental intension (OR3.7) seemed to be the main risk factors of PU. While hot food, milk and whether or not the only child in a family showed no relation with PU incidence. Conclusion Higher prevalence of PU and Hp infection existed in service men. For soldiers, PU incidence is closely associated with Hp infection, military training, mental factors, and also related to soldiers′ enlisted period, arm of the service and the region where the soldiers come from.
