RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HELICOBACTER PYLORI IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY AND THROMBOTIC ISCHEMIC STROKE

Several studies have assessed association between helicobacter pylori infection andthrombotic ischemic stroke. this study was designed to investigate the association between thisorganism and ischemic strokes. antibody against h. pylori (hp igg) was measured in 81 patients withstroke and 43 subjects without stroke. hp igg titer more than 20 u/ml was defined as positive. hp iggseropositivity was found in 67.4% of control subjects and 70.4% of cases (p = 0.838). the means ofserum hp igg titers in control subjects and cases were 51.1859 u/ml and 50.1641 u/ml, respectively (p= 0.927). the difference between these 2 groups was not significant statistically. there wasn’t anysignificant difference in seropositivity of hp igg between case and control subjects in men and women.it seems that h. pylori igg titer hasn’t a predictive role for thrombotic ischemic stroke.