Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: A Possible Reason for Headache?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Infection with H. pylori | % | |
---|---|---|
absent | 1215 | 69.2 |
present | 542 | 30.8 |
Headache | ||
absent | 1627 | 92.6 |
present | 130 | 7.4 |
Sex | ||
female | 1210 | 68.9 |
male | 547 | 31.1 |
Area of living | ||
urban | 643 | 36.6 |
rural | 1114 | 63.4 |
Headache (+) | Headache (−) | |
---|---|---|
HP (+) | 54 | 488 |
HP (−) | 76 | 1139 |
p value = 0.006 |
HP (+) | HP (−) | Headache (+) | Headache (−) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
male | 145 | 402 | 22 | 525 |
female | 397 | 813 | 108 | 1102 |
p = 0.0002 chi-squared |
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Lupu, A.; Gavrilovici, C.; Lupu, V.V.; Cianga, A.L.; Cernomaz, A.T.; Starcea, I.M.; Mihai, C.M.; Tarca, E.; Mocanu, A.; Fotea, S. Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: A Possible Reason for Headache? Diagnostics 2023, 13, 1293. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071293
Lupu A, Gavrilovici C, Lupu VV, Cianga AL, Cernomaz AT, Starcea IM, Mihai CM, Tarca E, Mocanu A, Fotea S. Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: A Possible Reason for Headache? Diagnostics. 2023; 13(7):1293. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071293
Chicago/Turabian StyleLupu, Ancuta, Cristina Gavrilovici, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Anca Lavinia Cianga, Andrei Tudor Cernomaz, Iuliana Magdalena Starcea, Cristina Maria Mihai, Elena Tarca, Adriana Mocanu, and Silvia Fotea. 2023. "Helicobacter pylori Infection in Children: A Possible Reason for Headache?" Diagnostics 13, no. 7: 1293. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13071293