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Prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic peptic ulcer disease in Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Wang Fu-Wei Tu Ming-Shium Mar Guang-Yuan Chuang Hung-Yi Yu Hsien-Chung Cheng Lung-Chih Hsu Ping-I |
| Affiliation: | Fu-Wei Wang,Ming-Shium Tu,Department of Family Medicine,Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital,Kaohsiung City 80424,Taiwan,China Guang-Yuan Mar,Division of Cardiology,Department of Internal Medicine,China Hung-Yi Chuang,Department of Community Medicine,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital,China Faculty of Public Health,Kaohsiung Medical University,China Hsien-Chung Yu,Lung-Chih Cheng,Ping-I ... |
| Abstract: | AIM:To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic peptic ulcer disease(PUD)in a general Taiwanese population. METHODS:From January to August 2008,consecutive asymptomatic subjects undergoing a routine health check-up were evaluated by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.Gastroduodenal mucosal breaks were carefully assessed,and a complete medical history and demographic data were obtained from each patient.Logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify indepen-dent risk factors for asym... |
| Keywords: | Asymptomatic Endoscopy Health checkup Peptic ulcer disease |
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