WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Muhanned Hadi Abood Taher and *Dr. Jabbar Sirhan Hassan

ABSTRACT

Background: Atherosclerosis is the buildup of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls. Although it is often considered a heart problem, it can affect arteries anywhere in your body, can be treated. Healthy lifestyle habits can help prevent atherosclerosis. Objective: To evaluate and identify the association between atherosclerosis and the prevalence of H. pylori. Method and materials: We collected 40 volunteers, 20 had atherosclerosis, and 20 were healthy, and we tested them for H. pylori IgG; we calculated the P-value adjusted to age parameter by using logistic regression. Statistical method: we do the statistics through the XL Stat program. The numerical data with normal distribution were described as mean ± standard deviation. Categorical data were described as frequency and percentage. An unpaired t-test analyzed the difference between groups of normally distributed numerical data. The categorical data difference was analyzed using the chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. Finally, the association between the incidence of atherosclerosis and the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori IgG was determined by using logistic regression. The cut-off value for significance was P value = 0.05. Result and Conclusion: The results are 0.076 (more than 0.05); this means that H. pylori have no relationship to atherosclerosis with the presence of the age factor.