Current Helicobacter pylori infection is significantly associated with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in healthy subjects: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 3; p. e0193646
• Main Authors: Lee, Minyoung, Baek, Haeri, Park, Jong Suk, Kim, Sohee, Kyung, Chanhee, Baik, Su Jung, Lee, Byoung Kwon, Kim, Jie-Hyun, Ahn, Chul Woo, Kim, Kyung Rae, Kang, Shinae
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 02.03.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Bacterial infections; Biology and Life Sciences; Biopsy; Calcification (ectopic); Calcium; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Care and treatment; Chlamydia; Cholesterol; Complications and side effects; Computed tomography; Confidence intervals; Coronary artery; Coronary vessels; Cross-sectional studies; Development and progression; Endocrinology; Endoscopes; Health promotion; Heart diseases; Helicobacter infections; Helicobacter pylori; High density lipoprotein; Hospitals; Infections; Inflammation; Internal medicine; Lipoproteins (high density); Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Pathogens; Physicians; Population; Population (statistical); Socioeconomic factors; Statistical analysis; Stenosis; Studies; Thyroid gland; Urease; Velocity; Wave velocity

Helicobacter pylori is a gastrointestinal pathogen known to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, most analyses about the effect of H. pylori infection have been done in patients with a history of CVD but not in healthy subjects. We evaluated the association between H. pylori inf...