Table 1

Epidemiological studies investigating the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)

Prevalence of H pylori in GORD
Similar to controls
O’Connor and Cunnane45
Borkent and Beker46
Walker and colleagues47
Cheng and colleagues48
Newton and colleagues49
Befrits and colleagues50
Liston and colleagues51
Decreased
Werdmuller and Loffeld52
Vicari and colleagues53
Ohara and colleagues35
Haruma and colleagues54
Severity of GORD and H pylori
Similar to controls
O’Connor and Cunnane45
Newton and colleagues49
Werdmuller and Loffeld52
Increased
Cargill and colleagues57
Decreased
Grebenev56
Sehiguchi and colleagues55