Sirkeci Özgür, Sirkeci Emel Erkuş, Ulaş Turgay
Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
Department of Emergency, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.
J Res Med Sci. 2022 Jan 29;27:7. doi: 10.4103/jrms.JRMS_433_19. eCollection 2022.
In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether waterpipe smoking can be associated with the transmission of infection or not.
Between March 2018 and April 2019, 445 patients aged over 18 years old who were admitted to outpatient clinics with dyspeptic complaints were recruited for the study. Patients are divided into two groups - Group 1 is -positive patients and Group 2 is negative. Waterpipe smoking, smoking, age, gender, and educational status were compared among groups.
Two hundred and sixty-one women (58%) and 184 men (42%), totally 445 patients, tested for infection. Seventy-nine of 261 (30%) women and 60 of 184 (32%) men had positive. One hundred and sixty-two of 445 (36%) patients were smoking cigarette and 66 of 445 (14%) patients were using waterpipe tobacco. Waterpipe smoking individuals were found to be associated with the positivity ( < 0.001); whereas, age, gender, educational level, and smoking were not found to be statistically significant (all > 0.05). In binary logistic regression analysis, waterpipe tobacco smoking was found to be the only independent predictor of infection ( < 0.001, odds ratio = 5.51, confidence interval: 3.158-9.617).
Waterpipe smoking seems to be an important risk factor for infection and may be one of the reasons of high prevalence of infection.
在本研究中,我们旨在评估水烟吸食是否与感染传播有关。
在2018年3月至2019年4月期间,招募了445名年龄超过18岁、因消化不良症状到门诊就诊的患者进行研究。患者分为两组——第1组为阳性患者,第2组为阴性患者。比较了各组之间的水烟吸食、吸烟情况、年龄、性别和教育程度。
共445名患者接受感染检测,其中261名女性(58%)和184名男性(42%)。261名女性中有79名(30%)呈阳性,184名男性中有60名(32%)呈阳性。445名患者中有162名(36%)吸烟,445名患者中有66名(14%)吸食水烟。发现吸食水烟者与阳性相关(P<0.001);而年龄、性别、教育水平和吸烟在统计学上无显著差异(均P>0.05)。在二元逻辑回归分析中,发现吸食水烟是感染的唯一独立预测因素(P<0.001,比值比=5.51,置信区间:3.158 - 9.617)。
水烟吸食似乎是感染的一个重要危险因素,可能是感染高流行率的原因之一。