AU - Khadem Ansari, Mohammad Hassan AU - Rasmi, Yusef AU - Manafi, Majid AU - Rahimipour, Ali AU - Ghadermarzi, Elahe TI - THE EVALUATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI INFECTION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - URMIAMJ JN - URMIAMJ VO - 21 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-587-en.html 4100 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-587-en.pdf SO - URMIAMJ 1 ABĀ  - Abstract Background & Aims: Atherosclerosis is the main reason of cardiovascular diseases, and risk factors incorporated in atherosclerosis involvement include infections like Helicobacter pylori. In the current study the incidence of contamination to Helicobacter pylori, atherosclerosis causing factors, and the effect of these factors on the serum levels of lipids and lipoproteins are studied. Materials & Methods: Along with determination of H. pylori infection, serum level of triglyceride, cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, vLDL-C and cholesterol/HDL-C ratio were also identified in 100 patients with cardiovascular atherosclerosis and 89 healthy people as the control group. Results: Sera of 68% of patients and 49.5% of control group were positive for H. pylori infection (P0.05). There was a significant difference in serum levels of lipids and lipoproteins between the patients and the control groups (P CP - IRAN IN - Biochemistry Department, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Tel: (+98441) 2770969 LG - eng PB - URMIAMJ PG - 17 PT - Research YR - 2010