Association Between Dyslipidemia and Helicobacter Pylori Infection

Introduction: The association between Helicobacter pylori infection and elevated plasma levels of LDL cholesterol and decreased HDL cholesterol has been reported. Objective: To determine the frequency of altered plasma levels of LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in pediatric patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. Materials and Methods: Prospective, observational and analytical study. Pediatric patients with Helicobacter pylori infection, July 2019 - June 2020 period. Exclusion criteria: Obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hepatopathy, nephropathy, collagen disease, corticotherapy, use of proton pump inhibitors and H2 antihistamines. Antibodies against Helicobacter pylori and plasma levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides were studied. Two groups of patients: Those with Helicobacter pylori infection and the other of uninfected children. Results: Patients attended: 39; studied: 22; excluded: 17. Group of non-infected: 25.Triglyceride levels (mg/dL) were 117 + -21 in patients with Helicobacter pylori and 98 + -19 in those not infected (p = 0.01); HDL cholesterol levels (mg/dL), 39 + -14 in those infected and 47 + -13 in patients without Helicobacter pylori infection (p = 0.03). Conclusions:Patients with Helicobacter pylori infection had a higher frequency of dyslipidemia, compared to the group of uninfected children.