Correlation between atrophic gastritis and risk factors prevalence among workers employed at atomic enterprise

Atrophy of the mucous tunic in the stomach is a significant predisposing factor that causes elevated risks of stomach adenocarcinoma. It was shown that mortality caused by malignant neoplasms in the digestive organs accounted for 36 % of all the death cases due to solid carcinoma among workers employed at basic enterprises included into “Mayak” Production Association (Mayak PA). Our research goal was to examine a correlation between atrophic gastritis (AG) prevalence and potentially hazardous endogenous and exogenous factors among personnel employed at an atomic enterprise of Mayak PA. We analyzed data obtained via clinical and laboratory examinations performed on a sampling that was made of 1.116 people, 70 % of them being workers employed at Mayak PA. Our research allowed us to reveal and analyze 26 hazardous factors that contributed to AG development. Data array was processed with a modified “case - control” procedure based on well-known principal components analysis...