PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - AlShomar, Ahmad A. TI - Evaluation of hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> AID - 10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210733 DP - 2022 Jan 01 TA - Saudi Medical Journal PG - 75--80 VI - 43 IP - 1 4099 - http://smj.org.sa/content/43/1/75.short 4100 - http://smj.org.sa/content/43/1/75.full SO - Saudi Med J2022 Jan 01; 43 AB - Objectives: To evaluate the hematological parameters in dyspepsia patients infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection from Al Qassim province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).Methods: This retrospective study was carried out in Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospital, Al Qassim, KSA. The data of dyspepsia and epigastric pain patients were derived from the hospital based registration system between 2020-2021. Logistic regression models were used to investigate the correlation between the onset of H. pylori infection and anemia.Results: Among 810 enrolled patients, there were 202 (24.9%) patients with H. pylori infection and 144 (17.8%) with anemia. The prevalence of anemia in the H. pylori (+) group was not statistically higher than the H. pylori (-) group after adjusting age, red blood cell count, serum ferritin, mean corpuscular volume, platelet count, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (p&gt;0.05). The level of hemoglobin was almost identical in both the H. pylori (+) group and the H. pylori (-) group (p&gt;0.05).Conclusion: The findings show that H. pylori infection may not be related to anemia in dyspepsia patients from the Central region of KSA.