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Risk factors for intestinal metaplasia in a southeastern Chinese population: an analysis of 28,745 cases

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Abstract

Purpose

To identify risk factors for intestinal metaplasia in a southeastern Chinese population.

Methods

Subjects who underwent upper GI endoscopy and endoscopic biopsy in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from 2008 to 2013 were included into this study. Various demographic, geographic, clinical and pathological data were analyzed separately to identify risk factors for intestinal metaplasia.

Results

The incidence of intestinal metaplasia differed significantly in 17 municipal areas ranging from 16.79 to 38.56% and was positively correlated with the age range of 40–70 years, male gender, gastric ulcer, bile reflux, Helicobacter pylori infection, atrophic gastritis, dysplasia, gastric cancer, degree of chronic and acute inflammation, and gross domestic product per capita (P < 0.01). Multivariate linear regression analysis indicated that only gross domestic product per capita revealed a significant difference in the incidence of intestinal metaplasia among all factors mentioned.

Conclusion

This study confirms age, male gender, gastric ulcer, bile reflux, H. pylori infection, severe degree of chronic and acute inflammation to be the risk factors for intestinal metaplasia. We speculate that the gross domestic product per capita of different areas may be a potential independent risk factor impacting the incidence of intestinal metaplasia.

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Abbreviations

IM:

Intestinal metaplasia

GC:

Gastric cancer

AG:

Atrophic gastritis

H. pylori :

Helicobacter pylori

EIS:

Endoscopy Information System

OR:

Odds ratio

GU:

Gastric ulcer

DU:

Duodenal ulcer

CI:

Chronic inflammation

AI:

Acute inflammation

L-number:

Number of lymphoid follicle

GDP:

Gross domestic product

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81101800), the 12th Six Talents Peak Project of Jiangsu Province (No. 2015-WSN-028), the Research Project of Education Science in the 12th Five Year Plan of Nanjing Medical University (No. NY2222015030) and the Research Project of Chinese Medical Association & Chinese High Education Association (No. 2016B-KC019).

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    1. Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, No. 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, 210029, Jiangsu, China

      Jian-Xia Jiang, Hai-Han Zhang, Huai-Ming Sang, Soyfoo-Muhammad Djaleel, Guo-Xin Zhang & Shun-Fu Xu

    2. Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211100, Jiangsu, China

      Qing Liu

    3. Department of Gastroenterology, Shengze Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215228, Jiangsu, China

      Bing Zhao

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    Jiang, JX., Liu, Q., Zhao, B. et al. Risk factors for intestinal metaplasia in a southeastern Chinese population: an analysis of 28,745 cases. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 143, 409–418 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-016-2299-9

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