Helicobacter pylori infection rates in relation to age and social class in a population of Welsh men F Sitas, D Forman, J W G Yarnell, M L Burr, P C Elwood, S Pedley, K J Marks Abstract The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylon was determined using a standard enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in a population of 749 randomly selected men, aged 30-75 years, from Caerphilly, South Wales. The overall prevalence ofH pylon was 56*9%, increasing sharply in middle age from 29*8% in those aged 30-34 to over 59% in those aged 45 or older (p
Helicobacter pylori infection rates in relation to age and social class in a population of Welsh men.
The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to Helicobacter pylori was determined using a standard enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in a population of 749 r...