Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Postgraduate Medical Journal logoLink to Postgraduate Medical Journal
. 1985 Aug;61(718):695–700. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.61.718.695

Benign gastric ulceration in a health district: incidence and presentation.

M J Glynn, S P Kane
PMCID: PMC2418366  PMID: 4034459

Abstract

In a survey of benign gastric ulceration conducted in the Hounslow Health District from 1981 to 1982, there was an annual incidence for this condition of 43.6 per 100,000 of the population older than 14 y, with a male:female ratio of 0.9:1. This incidence is comparable to that found in other surveys over the last 30 y, but the male:female ratio is lower than in the past. This reduction is accounted for by a rise in the peak age incidence for gastric ulcer, particularly in women, and a greater proportion of the total population in this higher age group being women. In spite of a large local Asian population, no gastric ulcers occurred in this ethnic group. Thirty-eight per cent of the patients presented with acute bleeding, and 44% of these bleeders gave a history of previous ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compared with only 14% of the non-bleeding group (P less than 0.015).

Full text

PDF
695

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Allan R., Dykes P. A study of the factors influencing mortality rates from gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Q J Med. 1976 Oct;45(180):533–550. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bonnevie O. The incidence of gastric ulcer in Copenhagen county. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1975;10(3):231–239. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Clinch D., Banerjee A. K., Ostick G., Levy D. W. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and gastrointestinal adverse effects. J R Coll Physicians Lond. 1983 Oct;17(4):228–230. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Dunlop J. M. Peptic ulcer in Central Scotland. Scott Med J. 1968 Jun;13(6):192–201. doi: 10.1177/003693306801300602. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hoftiezer J. W., O'Laughlin J. C., Ivey K. J. Effects of 24 hours of aspirin, Bufferin, paracetamol and placebo on normal human gastroduodenal mucosa. Gut. 1982 Aug;23(8):692–697. doi: 10.1136/gut.23.8.692. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. LIPETZ S. Gastro-intestinal ulceration and non-ulcerative dyspepsia in an urban general practice. Br Med J. 1955 Jul 16;2(4932):172–177. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4932.172. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. LITTON A., MURDOCH W. R. PEPTIC ULCER IN SOUTH-WEST SCOTLAND. Gut. 1963 Dec;4:360–366. doi: 10.1136/gut.4.4.360. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Levy M. Aspirin use in patients with major upper gastrointestinal bleeding and peptic-ulcer disease. A report from the Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University Medical Center. N Engl J Med. 1974 May 23;290(21):1158–1162. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197405232902102. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Maclaurin B. P., Richards D. A., Heads D. Indomethacin-associated peptic ulceration. N Z Med J. 1978 Dec 13;88(625):439–441. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Malhotra S. L. Epidemiological study of peptic ulcer in the south of India. Observations from Madras on the changing incidence of peptic ulcer, with special reference to causation. Gut. 1967 Apr;8(2):180–188. doi: 10.1136/gut.8.2.180. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Mowat N. A., Needham C. K., Brunt P. W. The natural history of gastric ulcer in a community: four-year study. Q J Med. 1975 Jan;44(173):45–56. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Ostensen H., Burhol P. G., Bonnevie O., Bolz K. D. Changes in the pattern of peptic ulcer disease in the northern part of Norway between 1946 and 1981. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1982 Nov;17(8):1073–1076. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Pulvertaft C. N. Comments on the incidence and natural history of gastric and duodenal ulcer. Postgrad Med J. 1968 Aug;44(514):597–602. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.44.514.597. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. SPONHEIM N. [Incidence and prevalence of peptic ulcer in a part of the country]. Nord Med. 1960 Mar 31;63:377–385. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Schiller K. F., Truelove S. C., Williams D. G. Haematemesis and melaena, with special reference to factors influencing the outcome. Br Med J. 1970 Apr 4;2(5700):7–14. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5700.7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Valman H. B., Parry D. J., Coghill N. F. Lesions associated with gastroduodenal haemorrhage, in relation to aspirin intake. Br Med J. 1968 Dec 14;4(5632):661–663. doi: 10.1136/bmj.4.5632.661. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. WATKINSON G. The incidence of chronic peptic ulcer found at necropsy: a study of 20,000 examinations performed in Leeds in 1930-49 and in England and Scotland in 1956. Gut. 1960 Mar;1:14–30. doi: 10.1136/gut.1.1.14. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Postgraduate Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES