Comment on: Jeon et al. Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated With an Increased Rate of Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:520–525 | Zendy

Ahad Eshraghian | Zendy; Rinaldo Pellicano | Zendy

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Comment on: Jeon et al. Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated With an Increased Rate of Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2012;35:520–525

Author(s) -

Ahad Eshraghian,

Rinaldo Pellicano

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-0570

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , incidence (geometry) , helicobacter pylori , helicobacter pylori infection , prospective cohort study , cohort study , helicobacter infections , cohort , gastroenterology , gerontology , endocrinology , physics , optics

We read with great interest the article by Jeon et al. (1) who, in a prospective cohort study (Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging), showed that Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) infection was associated with increased incidence of diabetes. Although these findings are very interesting, they should be interpreted with caution, and some points should be discussed. The first issue is that the study participants were elderly with a mean age of 68.7 years. It is well known that both incidence of diabetes and H. pylori seropositivity increase in older individuals (2). Thus, …

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