Background: Autoimmune atrophic gastritis (AAG) diagnosis is based on specific histological findings and anti-parietal cell antibodies (PCA) considered the serological hallmark of AAG, although a subgroup of AAG patients may be seronegative. Objectives: to assess the occurrence and clinical features of seronegative compared to seropositive AAG. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study including 516 consecutive adult patients (age 59.6±12.8 years, F:M=2.2:1) with histologically proven AAG diagnosed in two Italian academic referral centers over the last 10 years. PCA were detected at AAG diagnosis. Variables related to the dependent variable of interest (i.e.PCA-negativity) were assessed by univariate/logistic regression analysis. Results: 109/516 AAG patients were seronegative. The mean age of seronegative AAG patients was significantly higher compared to PCA-positive (65.9±14.1vs57.9±15.1 years; p<0.0001). The proportion of patients aged 70-79 and ≥80 years were, respectively, lower for PCA-positivity (5.1vs12.8%;21.3vs38.5%;p<0.005). Seronegativity was associated with age ≥50 years (OR2.4;95%CI 1.1-5.2), while for other variables (gender, comorbidities, anaemia, atrophy severity) no association was found. In a sub-cohort of 101 AAG patients, PCA levels detected by ELISA were inversely correlated with age at AAG diagnosis (rho=-0.250;p=0.0118). Conclusion: Roughly 20% of patients are seronegative at the time of AAG histological diagnosis and this is more common in elderly individuals.
Seronegative autoimmune atrophic gastritis is more common in elderly patients / Conti, Laura; Lenti, Marco Vincenzo; Di Sabatino, Antonio; Miceli, Emanuela; Galli, Gloria; Cazzato, Maria; Falangone, Francesca; Annibale, Bruno; Lahner, Edith. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - 52:11(2020), pp. 1-5. [10.1016/j.dld.2020.04.015]
Seronegative autoimmune atrophic gastritis is more common in elderly patients
Conti, Laura
;Miceli, Emanuela;Galli, Gloria;Cazzato, Maria;Falangone, Francesca;Annibale, Bruno;Lahner, Edith
2020
Abstract
Background: Autoimmune atrophic gastritis (AAG) diagnosis is based on specific histological findings and anti-parietal cell antibodies (PCA) considered the serological hallmark of AAG, although a subgroup of AAG patients may be seronegative. Objectives: to assess the occurrence and clinical features of seronegative compared to seropositive AAG. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study including 516 consecutive adult patients (age 59.6±12.8 years, F:M=2.2:1) with histologically proven AAG diagnosed in two Italian academic referral centers over the last 10 years. PCA were detected at AAG diagnosis. Variables related to the dependent variable of interest (i.e.PCA-negativity) were assessed by univariate/logistic regression analysis. Results: 109/516 AAG patients were seronegative. The mean age of seronegative AAG patients was significantly higher compared to PCA-positive (65.9±14.1vs57.9±15.1 years; p<0.0001). The proportion of patients aged 70-79 and ≥80 years were, respectively, lower for PCA-positivity (5.1vs12.8%;21.3vs38.5%;p<0.005). Seronegativity was associated with age ≥50 years (OR2.4;95%CI 1.1-5.2), while for other variables (gender, comorbidities, anaemia, atrophy severity) no association was found. In a sub-cohort of 101 AAG patients, PCA levels detected by ELISA were inversely correlated with age at AAG diagnosis (rho=-0.250;p=0.0118). Conclusion: Roughly 20% of patients are seronegative at the time of AAG histological diagnosis and this is more common in elderly individuals.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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