Our study demonstrates that H. pylori infection is significantly less prevalent in patients with reflux esophagitis and may protect against its development. In duodenal ulcer patients, this effect was more dramatic. Further study is required to confirm these findings and elucidate mechanisms underlying possible beneficial effects of H. pylori.

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Liver diseases in the elderly often reflect an age-associated decrease in the capacity to respond to metabolic and infectious insults. Because the geriatric population is growing rapidly, physicians can expect to encounter an increasing number of older patients with liver disease. In this article, the authors discuss the clinical manifestations of the most common liver diseases seen in the geriatric population.