Gastrik Intestinal Metaplazi Sıklığı ve Helikobakter Pilori ile İlişkisinin Belirlenmesi

Aim: Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precancerous lesion in the pathway to gastric cancer. Helicobacter pylori (HP) bacterium that has been associated with an increase development of non-cardia cancer and involved IM atrophic gastritis. In this study, we aimed determine frequency its relationship HP patients undergoing endoscopic examination indication dyspepsia.
 Material Method: The study included 2530 who underwent upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy had biopsy at Karadeniz Technical University Farabi Hospital Gastroenterology Clinic due dyspepsia between January 2019 2020. Demographic characteristics such as age gender, findings (presence IM, HP, atrophy, dysplasia) were evaluated retrospectively.
 Results: A total cases, 1344 (53.1%) women 1186 (46.9%) men, median 53 (18-93) years study. was detected 27.8% cases 26.8%. 677 positive 59 (19-92) years, 29.7% (n=352) male. While no significant difference found sexes terms within negative groups (p=0.584, p=0.642, respectively), male sex ratio higher than those (p