Open AccessDoes physical activity reduce the risk of developing peptic ulcers?
Author(s) -
Yiling J. Cheng,
Caroline A. Macera,
Dorothy R. Davis,
Steven N. Blair
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of sports medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.329
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1473-0480
pISSN - 0306-3674
DOI - 10.1136/bjsm.34.2.116
Subject(s) - medicine , helicobacter pylori , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , body mass index , confidence interval , gastritis , disease , gastroenterology , peptic , chronic gastritis , peptic ulcer , physics , optics
Although Helicobacter pylori has been identified as a major cause of chronic gastritis, not all infected patients develop ulcers, suggesting that other factors such as lifestyle may be critical to the development of ulcer disease.