Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18354758›Full record

SynthesisCanadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie2008

Helicobacter pylori infection in Canadian and related Arctic Aboriginal populations.

K J Goodman, K Jacobson, S Veldhuyzen van Zanten

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ACG Clinical Guideline: Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2017
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  3. Adherence and barriers to H. pylori treatment in Arctic Canada.International journal of circumpolar health · 2013
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  4. Increasing our knowledge about the epidemiology ofInternational journal of circumpolar health · 2024
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  6. Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  7. The Prevalence ofJournal of clinical medicine research · 2020
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  10. Disinfection and removal of human pathogenic bacteria in arctic waste stabilization ponds.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018
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  13. The contribution of Helicobacter pylori to excess gastric cancer in Indigenous and Pacific men: a birth cohort estimate.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

K J GoodmanDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. karen.goodman@ualberta.ca
K Jacobson
S Veldhuyzen van Zanten
University of Alberta · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2006, the Canadian Helicobacter Study Group identified Aboriginal communities among Canadian population groups most at risk of Helicobacter pylori-associated disease. The objective of this systematic review was to summarize what is known about the H pylori-associated disease burden in Canadian and related Arctic Aboriginal populations to identify gaps in knowledge. Six health literature databases were systematically searched to identify reports on H pylori prevalence in Canadian population groups, or any topic related to H pylori in Canadian Aboriginals, Alaska Natives or Aboriginals of other Arctic regions. Identified reports were organized by subtopic and summarized in narrative form. Key data from studies of H pylori prevalence in defined populations were summarized in tabular form. A few Arctic Aboriginal communities were represented in the literature: two Canadian Inuit; one Canadian First Nation; two Greenland Inuit; one Russian Chutkotka Native; and several Alaska Native studies. These studies uniformly showed elevated H pylori prevalence; a few studies also showed elevated occurrence of H pylori-related diseases and high rates of treatment failure. Based on the evidence, it would be warranted for clinicians to relax the criteria for investigating H pylori and related diseases in patients from Arctic Aboriginal communities, and to pursue post-therapy confirmation of eradication. Additional community-based research is needed to develop public health policies for reducing H pylori-associated health risks in such communities.

Indexed as

American Indian or Alaska NativeHelicobacter pyloriAnemia, Iron-DeficiencyArctic RegionsCanadaHelicobacter InfectionsHumansInuitNorthwest TerritoriesStomach Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID18354758
PMCPMC2662204
OpenAlexW2168814366

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