Wei-Yin Kuo, Han-Sheng Hsu, Pei-Tseng Kung, Wen-Chen Tsai
Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Cancer Incidence Risk, Cancer Staging, and Survival of Patients with Colorectal Cancer under Universal Health Insurance Coverage in Taiwan
International journal of environmental research and public health
previous clinical studies adults developed countries implicated helicobacter pylori infections development thrombocytopenia however studies children particularly lowincome countries unusually scarce examined association h pylori infection platelet indices young ethiopian school children crosssectional study setting study conducted five elementary schools located central ethiopia blood stool samples collected 971 children across five elementary schools ethiopia h pylori infection diagnosed using stool antigen serum antibody tests haematological parameters measured using automated haematological analyser interviewerled questionnaire administered mothers provided information demographic lifestyle variables independent effects h pylori infection platelet indices determined using multivariate linear logistic regressions h pyloriinfected children lower average platelet count mean platelet volume uninfected adjusting potential confounders adjusted mean difference 2080109l 95 ci 3351 809109 p0001 adjusted mean difference 0236 fl 95 ci 0408 0065 p0007 respectively additionally h pyloriinfected children lower red blood cell counts adjusted mean difference 01181012l 95 ci 0200 0036 p0005 compared noninfected study developing country provides support association h pylori infections reduced platelet indices young ethiopian school children controlling potential confounders research needed particularly longitudinal studies establish causality