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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of ''[[H. pylori]]'' infection are contaminated food and water, poor [[hygiene]], overcrowding, lower socioeconomic status, smoking, age, and race. | |||
==Risk factors== | |||
Common risk factors in the development of ''[[H. pylori]]'' infection are:<ref name="pmid23853433">{{cite journal| author=Mhaskar RS, Ricardo I, Azliyati A, Laxminarayan R, Amol B, Santosh W et al.| title=Assessment of risk factors of helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease. | journal=J Glob Infect Dis | year= 2013 | volume= 5 | issue= 2 | pages= 60-7 | pmid=23853433 | doi=10.4103/0974-777X.112288 | pmc=3703212 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23853433 }} </ref> | |||
*Contaminated food and water | |||
*Poor [[hygiene]] | |||
*Overcrowding | |||
*Lower [[socioeconomic status]] | |||
*[[Smoking]] | |||
*Close contact with infected saliva ( e.g., kissing, by sharing eating utensils and drinking glasses), feces and vomit | |||
*Age (''[[H. pylori]]'' infection is more common in older people) | |||
*Race (more common in African American or Hispanic descent) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ;Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yamuna Kondapally, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of H. pylori infection are contaminated food and water, poor hygiene, overcrowding, lower socioeconomic status, smoking, age, and race.
Risk factors
Common risk factors in the development of H. pylori infection are:[1]
- Contaminated food and water
- Poor hygiene
- Overcrowding
- Lower socioeconomic status
- Smoking
- Close contact with infected saliva ( e.g., kissing, by sharing eating utensils and drinking glasses), feces and vomit
- Age (H. pylori infection is more common in older people)
- Race (more common in African American or Hispanic descent)
References
- ↑ Mhaskar RS, Ricardo I, Azliyati A, Laxminarayan R, Amol B, Santosh W; et al. (2013). "Assessment of risk factors of helicobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease". J Glob Infect Dis. 5 (2): 60–7. doi:10.4103/0974-777X.112288. PMC 3703212. PMID 23853433.