Back to Search
Start Over
Transmission of Helicobacter pylori infection in families of preschool-aged children from Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Source :
- Tropical Medicine & International Health. 8:987-991
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2003.
-
Abstract
- We evaluated the role of the family in the transmission of Helicobacter pylori infection in preschool-aged children from a rural district in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Sixty-six families (66 index children, 63 mothers, 60 fathers and 134 siblings), defined as at least one parent living in the same household with at least one offspring up to 8 years old, were studied. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were estimated by logistic regression controlling for age, gender, number of children in household and H. pylori status of the father, mother and siblings. The prevalence of the infection was 69.7% (469 of 673) and it increased with age (P < 0.001). Positive mothers were a strong and independent risk factor for infection (OR 22.70; 95% CI 2.31-223.21). Positive siblings were also positively associated with infection (OR 1.81; 95% CI 1.01-3.30).
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Cost effectiveness
Offspring
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Fertility
Odds ratio
Infant mortality
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology
Medicine
Parasitology
Risk factor
business
education
Demography
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13602276
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........006ba1470ad99110781fba8161f671ef