Open AccessSERUM IRON LEVEL
Author(s) -
Muhammed Khalid Shaikh,
Saeem Akhtar,
Ahmed Khan Zardari,
Suneel Arwani,
Syed Zulfiquar Ali Shah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.05.2530
Subject(s) - medicine , helicobacter pylori , gastroenterology , bloating , population , serology , serum iron , iron deficiency , helicobacter pylori infection , epigastric pain , tertiary care , population study , abdominal pain , immunology , antibody , anemia , environmental health , vomiting
…Objective: To determine the serum iron level in Helicobacter pylori infectedpatients. Patients and methods: This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted atLiaquat University Hospital (a tertiary care teaching hospital) Hyderabad from July 2013 toDecember 2013. All the patients with history of presented with acute abdominal pain, dyspepsia,bloating and epigastric discomfort were evaluated for Helicobacter pylori infection by serology.Thereafter the Helicobacter pylori positive individuals were further evaluated for serum ironlevel. The data was collected, saved and analyzed in SPSS version 11.00. Result: During sixmonth study period total one hundred patients of H. pylori infection was recruited, of whichsixty three (63%) were males and thirty seven were females. Sixty six (66%) patients belongedto urban areas while thirty four (34%) were rural population. The mean age ±SD for overallpopulation was 37.35±14.0 where as the mean age ±SD of male and female population was38.88±6.77 and 35.67±8.87 respectively. The serum iron was low in 68% Helicobacter pyloriinfected patients, of which 48 were males and 20 were females (p=0.02). The overall mean±SD for serum iron level in study population was 49.17±37.86 mmol/L whereas the mean ±SDof serum iron for male and female Helicobacter pylori infected population was 42.69±34.15and 60.18± 41.66 (p=0.03). Conclusions: An association was identified between Helicobacterpylori and iron deficiency