Helicobacter pylori infection is significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in the Japanese population

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3005-3010

  Gunji, Toshiaki ^a   Matsuhashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Sato, Hajime ^c   Fujibayashi, Kazutoshi ^a   Okumura, Mitsue ^a   Sasabe, Noriko ^a   Urabe, Akio ^a  

^a Center for Preventive Medicine   (Japan)

^b Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149395071     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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