Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Significant association between Helicobacter pylori infection and serum C-reactive protein. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2008 5 224 International Journal of Medical Sciences ISSN 1449-1907 2008 5 4 224-229 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Significant association between Helicobacter pylori infection and serum C-reactive protein Yoshiko Ishida1 Koji Suzuki2 Kentaro Taki3 Toshimitsu Niwa3 Shozo Kurotsuchi4 Hisao Ando5 Akira Iwase6 Kazuko Nishio1 Kenji Wakai1 Yoshinori Ito1 Nobuyuki Hamajima1 1. Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan 2. Department of Public Health Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences 3. Department of Clinical Preventive Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Toyota Kosei Hospital Toyota Japan 5. Center for Reproductive Medicine Toyohashi Municipal Hospital Toyohashi Japan. 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Maternal and Perinatal Medicine Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya Japan. Correspondence to Ms. Yoshiko Ishida Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics and Medical Decision Making Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine 65 Tsurumai-cho Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8550 Japan TEL 81-52-744-2132 FAX 81-52-744-2971 e-mail mitton@ Received Accepted Published Background Helicobacter pylori H. pylori infection in gastric mucosa may cause systemic inflammatory reaction. This study aimed to examine the association between the infection and serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein hsCRP . Methods Subjects were comprised of three groups 453 health checkup examinees from Yakumo town inhabitants in Hokkaido Japan YTI 153 males and 300 females 449 health checkup examinees ENUH 273 males and 176 females and 255 female patients of an infertility clinic PIC Nagoya University Hospital. Twenty participants with hsCRP more than 1 mg dl were