Parameters of mineral metabolism and bone density in young males with <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-associated chronic gastritis

Abstract

Here we present the current data on the chronic gastritis prevalence in young people. An issue regarding involvement of Helicobacter pylori infection in formation of low bone density is discussed. Examining the features of bone tissue metabolism in infection-associated chronic gastritis to optimize diagnostic algorithm was shown to be of high significance. In the study there were enrolled 200 employees working at the EMERCOM of Russia, who suffered from the acid-dependent gastric diseases and risk factors for reducing bone mineral density. Depending on the bone mineral density parameters, examining functional activity of the gastric mucosa, verification of the H. pylori infection, examining parameters of mineral metabolism, vitamin D level, parathyroid hormone, bone tissue remodeling markers was performed. It was shown that atrophic changes in the gastric mucosa the played a lead role in developing low bone mineral density.

Keywords

• low bone mineral density
• atrophic gastritis
• low pylori infection
• osteocalcin
• deoxypyridinoline
• mineral metabolism