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V Babus

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PubMed1998

Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer in Croatia.

The seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection was studied in a population from two areas of Croatia with significantly different average gastric cancer (GC) cumulative incidence and mortality rates. In a random sample of 456 blood sera from both areas, which was tested with the ELISA Helicobacter pylori-antibody test, 48.8% of people in the north and 53.3% in the south of the country were found to be infected. The difference between the two areas in the seroprevalence of the infection was not statistically significant, nor did their populations differ in age, sex, educational background, smoking habit or wine consumption. Our results do not point to any association between the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the level of cumulative incidence and GC mortality levels.

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PubMed1997

Tuberculosis morbidity risk in medical nurses in specialized institutions for the treatment of lung diseases in Zagreb.

SETTING: Specialized institutions for the treatment of lung diseases in Zagreb, Croatia. OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of TB disease among medical nurses. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis. RESULTS: It was found that the incidence rate was 6 to 17 times greater among medical nurses employed in institutions in which there was regular exposure to patients with TB. The tuberculosis incidence rate in Croatia among all women aged 20-49 was 48 per 100,000 in 1987. The cumulative incidence was 5 to 12 times greater among nurses of this age range working at high-exposure institutions; relative tuberculosis morbidity risk for medical nurses, if employed in the chest services studied, was up to 17 times higher (95% CI 5.3-58.0). CONCLUSION: The results of the study showed that tuberculosis morbidity risk among medical nurses employed in specialized institutions for lung disease treatment in Zagreb, expressed by relative risk for age group 20-49, was up to 17 times higher than among medical nurses in the control institutions.

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PubMed1989

[Knowledge about AIDS in 15-year-old students].

One thousand nine hundred and fifty-five pupils age 15 from Zagreb, Petrinja and the area of Zadar were tested in order to ascertain their knowledge on AIDS. The results obtained revealed that all the pupils tested are equally well informed about AIDS and that there is no statistically significant difference in that regard, except for the knowledge of how to prevent AIDS.

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[Data analysis of daily reports in general medicine].

Health priorities in a sample of 1,425 subjects of a defined urban population were studied from data collected routinely in general practice. Analysis of prevalence has shown 1/5 of circulatory diseases, 1/7 of respiratory diseases, 1/8 of musculoskeletal diseases, and 1/10 of mental disorders. According to incidence for the first medical examination, the leading diagnostic categories were diseases of the respiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, digestive, and genitourinary system. Both prevalence and incidence have shown that health priorities in the studied population were diseases of circulatory system, with hypertension, and diseases of the respiratory system, with common cold, of the highest prevalence.

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[Mortality trends in cerebrovascular diseases in Croatia].

The research comprised all deaths from cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) in Croatia between 35 and 74 years of age over the period 1958-1987. The total number of deaths in that period increased by 40% and the number of deaths from CVD by 264%. At the same time, the rates standardized by age and sex increased by 62%. Proportional mortality rate from this disease increased from 7.1% in the year 1958 to 14.9% in 1987. The specific mortality rates over a 5-year period have shown a trend of increase in all male age groups and stagnation or decrease in females. A cohort data analysis shows a periodical and not cohort impact on mortality curve in the research period. The research shows that although mortality trends of CVD stagnated or even declined in some communities during the recent years, the secular trend for the entire country had a tendency of constant rise over the whole period of research. Therefore, the short-term prognosis predicts further increase of both the number and rate of deaths from CVD in our country.

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[Distribution of Helicobacter pylori infection in the adult population of Croatia].

The study of the distribution of Helicobacter pylori infection was carried out among the population of Croatia aged between 20 and 70 years, in three areas of Croatia (central, northern, southern). For the detection of seroprevalence of this infection the ELISA test for IgG antibodies was used on a random sample of 3,082 serum samples. The testing showed an average rate of seroprevalence in Croatia of 60.4% (95% CI 58.7-62.1%). Higher infection rates were observed in older population of Croatia. These rates ranged from 51.6% in the third decade of life, to almost 70% in the sixth decade. In male subjects the average rate was 58.9% and in female subjects it was 65.9%. The difference was not statistically significant. The results of this study showed that distribution of this infection was not consistent in all the studied areas of Croatia. While the Helicobacter pylori infection prevalence was almost identical in the central area and in the northern counties of Croatia, 58.4% and 59.5% respectively, it showed statistically significant difference in the south, being 71.3% (chi(2) = 25.884, P < 0.001). An inconsistent distribution of this infection in Croatia was indicated also by standardized infection rates, which were 59 in the central area, 61 in the northern and 71 in the southern areas.

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[Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in health personnel in 3 hospitals in Zagreb].

By this study we wanted to investigate the seroprevalence of H. pylori infection in 175 health care workers of three Zagreb city hospitals. The obtained results were compared with those of 2492 volunteer blood donors. The influence of age, education, socioeconomic status and length of service at specific hospital working places were investigated in relation to the frequency of H. pylori seropositivity. The blood samples were tested by commercial kits of immunoenzyme assay (ELISA) and complement fixation (CF), according to manufacturers instructions. The mean seroprevalence of infection was 58.6% in the group of blood donors and 53.7% in the group of health care workers (NS). Statistically significant difference was found between physicians (29%) and all other health care workers: nurses (58.6%; p < 0.005), laboratory technicians (60.6%; p < 0.005), clerical workers (66.6%; p < 0.005) and auxiliary workers (82.6%; p < 0.001). Concerning the age, the infection seroprevalence was higher in workers aged more than 40 years than in those younger, and that difference was of statistical significance among nurses and laboratory technicians. Physicians under 29 yrs were of the lowest seropositivity (14.8%). Among health care workers with less than 20 working years, physicians expressed the lowest rate of infection (17.9%) in comparison with nurses (48.5%) and laboratory technicians (53.3%). In all health care workers with more than 20 working years there was significant increase of infection prevalence, particularly among nurses. The employees in gastrointestinal endoscopy laboratories were more often serologically positive than medical workers in other medical departments (58.3% versus 35.0%; p < 0.05).

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