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SUMMARY OF NEW CONCLUSIONS OF THE THESIS
- Title: "Study on the epidemiological characteristics of Helicobacter pylori
infection among children in the Central Highlands, Vietnam".
- Code: 62720135

Specialty: Pediatrics

- PhD student: Le Tho
- Supervisors: 1. Nguyen Van Bang, Associate Professor, MD, PhD
2. Hoang Thi Thu Ha, MD, PhD
- Training institution: Hanoi Medical University.
- New conclusions of the thesis
1. In overall, H. pylori infection prevalence among ethnic minority children
of in Tay Nguyen was high (40,07%); 35,30% (Kinh), 35,96% (K’Ho), 47,64%
(Ê-Đê) and 47,15% (Gia Rai). H. pylori infection prevalence among children of
Gia Rai and Ê-Đê was statistically higher than that of Kinh and K’Ho. There
was a tendency of increasing H.pylori infection prevalence with age.
2. Following factors were found to be likely statistically significantly
related to higher prevalence of H. pylori infection among children of Tay
Nguyen ethnic groups:
- The HP infection prevalence among thnic minority children was3.1 times
higher than that of the majority ethnic group (Kinh).
- The HP infection prevalence among children with infected mothers was
3.4 times higher than that of other children with non-infected mothers.
- The HP intection prevalence among children aged 10-15 was 1.2 times
higher than that of other children.