Authors : Margarita M. Gurova, Tatyana A. Romanova, Valeria P. Novikova and Elena V. Podsvirova
Abstract: The survey results are presented concerning 340 children with Chronic Gastroduodenitis (CGD) at the age of 13-15 years. It was revealed that a higher level of H. pylori infection corresponded to large values of Comorbidity Index (CI), the activity of lipid peroxidation processes and a more severe lymphoplasmacytic infiltration in the fundal and antral stomach departments. The signs of atrophy were detected among 33.3% of patients with CI >4 compared with 16.3% of children with CI <3 (p = 0.038). The children with CGD and a high CI also had the worst values according to the scale of a personal and a reactive anxiety (45.08±8.81 vs. 32.59±8.03, p<0.05 and 31.36±10.28 vs. 21.81±7.81, p>0.05), the worst life quality indices.
Margarita M. Gurova, Tatyana A. Romanova, Valeria P. Novikova and Elena V. Podsvirova, 2015. Comorbidity Index as an Indicator of Comorbidity Effect on the Course of Chronic Gastroduodenitis among Children. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 9: 263-266.