We performed a prospective cross-sectional study between January 1 and December 31, 2009. We enrolled adult patients who were seen because of dyspepsia at Endocentro Ltd medical center in Bogota DC. Patients who were asked to participate had had biopsies which resulted in histological diagnoses of chronic atrophic gastritis according to the Sydney criteria.
Se realizó un estudio prospectivo de corte transversal, entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2009, y se enrolaron pacientes adultos que consultaron al centro médico Endocentro Ltda., de Bogotá D.C. por dispepsia, y cuyas biopsias gástricas mostraron el diagnóstico histológico de gastritis crónica atrófica según los criterios de Sydney 11, que aceptaron participar en este estudio.