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Determination of Helicobacter pylori IgG and Smoking as a risk factor for Atherosclerosis in Iraqi patients | ||
| journal of al-qadisiyah for pure science(quarterly) | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 115-120 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Asmaa M. Salih | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present work aims to determine the role of H. pylori IgG on the clinical expression of Atherosclerosis among Iraqi patients, and to provide a new evidence about the relationship between Smoking and H. pylori IgG . This study included 80 male patients, with Atherosclerosis ,Who were divided into two sub groups smokers (51) and non smokers (29) , the age ranged between 40-58 years. A control group of 20 Healthy volunteers ,with age ranged between 36 -58 years .A control group matched with patients for sex and ethnic. H. pylori infection was diagnosed by detection of IgG antibodies against H. pylori by ELISA. Present study shows a significant increasing in concentration of H. pylori IgG antibodies in serum of both patient groups compared to control, furthermore smoker patients showed non-significant increasing compared to non smoker patients ,present result provides evidence that H. pylori infection is a risk factor for atherosclerosis , Which may be associated with smoking | ||
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