[PDF] Top 20 Factors Associated with Peptic Ulcer in Taiwan:A case-control study

... National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, ...This study compared demographic characteristics, lifestyle and family history of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) among patients ... See full document

... From a methodological viewpoint, our study design surpassed previous studies in several as- ...First, a hospital-based case-control study in our study ... See full document

... al. in an Europian international cohort study found that the incidence ratio of pancreatic cancer in patients with pancreatitis was ...expected. A recent study found the risk of ... See full document

... results in appetite change and weight loss, or the gout results in polyarthritis and ...deformity. Peptic ulcer disease’s contribution to frailty makes it a remediable factor in ... See full document

... was a population-based case-control ...the Taiwan National Health Insurance ...began in March 1995 and has covered approximately 99% of the whole Taiwan 23 million ...written ... See full document

... observational study and the available ...patients with insomnia. The literature discloses that insomnia is associated with decreased immune function , which would further increase the ... See full document

... bias. In our study, potential areas of recall bias included diet, weight, and exercise: Recall may have been affected by the subjects’ illness, particularly for those with advanced stage ...studies ... See full document

... cholelithiasis in Taiwan and in the West. There is a selection bias associated with each of these studies, however, due to the focus on a particular subgroup within the ... See full document

... this study must be considered. Our study involves a small sample and has a limited power of test, a common drawback of single studies in low-incidence ...This study also ... See full document

... Our study has several ...underestimate peptic ulcer rates in both ...subjects in our study had several risk factors of PUD, particularly old age and coexisting medical ... See full document

... We included the top 100 herbal formulas to identify the network of core prescriptions for patients with peptic ulcers. The core prescription pattern consisted of “Ban-Xia-Xie- Xin-Tang”, “Hai-Piao-Xiao”, ... See full document

... this study was to examine the relationship between chronic osteomyelitis and acute pancreatitis in ...was a population-based case-control study utilizing the database of the ... See full document

... participants with both DM and HTN (1501 cases and ...risk factors that were investigated for their individual effects and for the different effects on CKD in the four study ...groups. A ... See full document

... is a major public health problem due to its high prevalence and heavy socioeconomic ...million) in the world in ...risk factors are associated with pulmonary tuberculosis, ... See full document

... is a rare disease characterized by angioproliferation limited to ...Patients with coexistent systemic diseases are most ...cells with vascular proliferation but without cytological ...immunologic ... See full document

... Hospital Ulcer Case Volume Groupings Since unique hospital identifiers are in the claims data, we were able to identify the admitting hospital and classify patients by the hospital ’s total ... See full document

... However, in the regression model, patients with cerebrovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, even diabetes mellitus were not with significant risk for Alzheimer’s ...frequently. In ... See full document

... ratios associated with liver cirrhosis differed according to the use of gastroprotective ...rebleeding in both subgroups, the magnitude was greater in patients with than in those ... See full document

... controls in our study. We found a signifcant association between peptic ulcer and the use of NSAID use, which was compatible with the results of previous reports ...also ... See full document

... of Study Subject Characteristics Comorbidities or coexisting medications that might interact with the risk of fractures were adjusted ...confounding factors with potential to change between ... See full document