Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Saudi Medical Journal
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Saudi Medical Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Research ArticleOriginal Articles
Open Access

Evaluation of hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with Helicobacter pylori

A retrospective study from the Central Region of Saudi Arabia

Ahmad A. AlShomar
Saudi Medical Journal January 2022, 43 (1) 75-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210733
Ahmad A. AlShomar
From the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Qassim University, and from Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Figure 1
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 1

    - Gender wise distribution of patients with and without Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection.

  • Figure 2
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Figure 2

    - Prevalence pattern of anemia in patients infected with or without Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).

Tables

  • Figures
    • View popup
    Table 1

    - Hematological characteristics in H. pylori positive and negative patients.

    ParametersH. pylori infectionP-value
    Positive (n=202)Negative (n=608)
    Mean±SD
    Male/female (ratio)M=103/F=99 (1.04)M=278/F=330 (0.84)-
    Age (years)38.66±1.17737.35±0.78510.3879
    Hemoglobin13.83±0.137613.67±0.073880.2889
    RBC4.962±0.042424.913±0.023150.2916
    Serum ferritin58.71±3.62257.61±1.8540.7748
    MCV86.31±0.432786.77±0.24830.3576
    Platelet275.7±5.018276.1±3.2270.9483
    MCH27.81±0.346029.39±0.86190.2957
    • H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, RBC: red blood cell count, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, SD: standard deviation

    • View popup
    Table 2

    - Hematological characteristics in anemic and non-anemic patients infected with or without H. pylori infection.

    ParametersH. pylori infection positive (n=202)H. pylori infection negative (n=608)
    Hb <12gm/dl (n=35)Hb ≥12gm/dl (n=167)P-valueHb <12gm/dl (n=99)Hb ≥12gm/dl (n=509)P-value
    Mean±SDMean±SD
    Male/female (ratio)M=5/F=30 (0.167)M=98/F=69 (1.420)-M=13/F=86 (0.151)M=265/F=244 (1.09)-
    Prevalence (%)17.382.70.000116.383.70.0001
    Age(years)41.83±3.2938.00±1.240.219036.56±2.0137.50±0.850.6563
    Hemoglobin10.77±0.1514.47±0.110.000110.90±0.1014.21±0.0620.0001
    RBC4.39±0.105.08±0.040.00014.40±0.055.01±0.020.0001
    MCV80.02±1.4387.62±0.350.000180.81±0.7387.92±0.230.0001
    Serum ferritin13.06±4.9768.27±3.870.000114.08±1.6566.08±1.980.0001
    Platelet277.8±5.4274.3±5.0710.6407307.7±10.98269.9±3.140.0001
    MCH24.51±0.5728.51±0.380.000124.82±0.2930.28±1.020.0192
    • H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, Hb: Hemoglobin, RBC: red blood cell count, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, SD: standard deviation

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Saudi Medical Journal: 43 (1)
Saudi Medical Journal
Vol. 43, Issue 1
1 Jan 2022
  • Table of Contents
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Saudi Medical Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Evaluation of hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with Helicobacter pylori
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Saudi Medical Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Saudi Medical Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Evaluation of hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with Helicobacter pylori
Ahmad A. AlShomar
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2022, 43 (1) 75-80; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210733

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Evaluation of hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with Helicobacter pylori
Ahmad A. AlShomar
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2022, 43 (1) 75-80; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210733
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Acknowledgment
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • References
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Emotional responses and coping strategies of medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Childhood nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis caused by metabolic diseases and renal tubulopathy
  • The antimicrobial activity of ceftobiprole against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Show more Original Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • hematology
  • anemia
  • dyspepsia
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Saudi Arabia

CONTENT

  • home

JOURNAL

  • home

AUTHORS

  • home
Saudi Medical Journal

© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

Powered by HighWire