Gut Liver.
2020 Jan;14(1):47-56. 10.5009/gnl18510.
Effect of Helicobacter pylori Treatment on Long-term Mortality in Patients with Hypertension
- Affiliations
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- 1Center for Gastric Cancer, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- 2Cancer Survivorship Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- 3College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
- 4Department of Cardiology, Center for Clinical Specialty, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- 5Department of Neurology, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
- 6Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine,, Seoul, Korea
- 7Department of Internal Medicine, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- 8Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2508712
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5009/gnl18510
Abstract
- Background/Aims
A meta-analysis of randomized trials performed in healthy asymptomatic individuals suggested that overall mortality may increase after Helicobacter pylori eradication despite a significant decrease in the gastric cancer incidence and mortality rates. This retrospective population-based cohort study investigated if H. pylori treatment is associated with an increase in overall mortality in patients with hypertension.
Methods
From the database of the Korean National Health Insurance Sample Cohort, we selected 198,487 patients treated for hypertension between 2002 and 2010. Those who received H. pylori treatment (H. pylori treatment cohort, 5,541 patients) were matched to those who did not (nontreatment cohort, 11,082 patients) at the ratio of 1 to 2. The primary outcome was the risk of overall mortality. The secondary outcomes were the risks of mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer. The outcomes were evaluated from 6 months after H. pylori treatment to December 2013. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs).
Results
During a median follow-up period of 4.8 years, death from any cause was reported in 4.1% of the patients in the H. pylori treatment cohort and 5.5% of the patients in the nontreatment cohort. The adjusted HR (aHR) for overall mortality in the H. pylori treatment cohort was 0.70 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60 to 0.82; p<0.001). With regard to cause-specific mortality, compared with the nontreatment cohort, the H. pylori treatment cohort had a lower risk of mortality due to cerebrovascular disease (aHR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.81; p=0.007). The risks of mortality due to cancer and cardiovascular disease were not different between the cohorts.
Conclusions
H. pylori treatment is not associated with an increase in overall mortality in patients treated for hypertension.
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