Helicobacter pylori infection found to lower cognition among adults in the UK PLOSONE BYU Hpylori helicobacterpylori cognition infection
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJun 9 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in PLOS ONE, researchers evaluated the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and cognition among adult United Kingdom residents.
The association between infection with H. pylori and cognitive impairments could raise health concerns at the personal and population levels, warranting further research. Individuals were considered H. pylori-seropositive if they were positive for two of the six antibodies against vacuolating cytotoxin A , cytotoxin-associated antigen-A , chaperonin , outer membrane proteins , UreA, and catalase antigens, determined using median fluorescence intensity .
Helicobacter pylori seropositivity and serointensity in the adjusted models were related to worsened reasoning and numeric memory with increased errors in pair matching but improved tower rearrangement performance. lnCagA was related to worsened logic and numeric memory, whereas InVacA, lnCatalase, and InUreA were associated with worsened reasoning.
H. pylori infections could also reduce vitamin B12 levels and absorption of folate, which have been related to elevated homocysteine concentrations, which, in turn, are related to cognitive alterations and dementia.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Caltech researchers 'beam energy' to Earth from a satelliteCaltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite for the first time
Read more »
Crocodile found to have made herself pregnantResearchers have found the first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant.
Read more »
The epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreaks in farms in Ontario, Canada, in the pre-vaccine year of the pandemicThe epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreaks in farms in Ontario, Canada, in the pre-vaccine year of the pandemic UofT PublicHealthON COVID19 covid coronavirus farm farming publichealth agriculture health disease pandemic
Read more »
Breastfeeding found to reduce ultra-processed food intake among preschoolersBreastfeeding found to reduce ultra-processed food intake among preschoolers farmaciahun ultraprocessed food processedfood preschoolers breastfeeding childrenshealth
Read more »
Pneumothorax prevalence in COVID-19 and influenza patientsPneumothorax prevalence in COVID-19 and influenza patients TheLancet UCRiverside covid COVID19 SARSCoV2 influenza pneumothorax
Read more »
The prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countriesThe prevalence of inadequate iron intake among children in high-income countries Nutrients_MDPI DeakinHealth iron intake ironintake diet childrenshealth highincomecountries
Read more »