Male Citizens Research Articles

Abstract A066: Performance of the prostate health index (PHI) assay in black men

Abstract Introduction: The low specificity of PSA in prostate cancer (PCa) screening has caused excessive biopsies and PCa over-detection. PHI is more specific for clinically significant (cs) PCa (i.e. Gleason >6 PCa) and includes serum PSA, [-2]proPSA, and free PSA in its formula. Validation studies in diverse populations have suggested that PHI should be used as a reflex test and the optimal cutoffs for PHI vary across ethnic groups, but have not been determined in Black men. We sought to 1) assess the distributions of PHI and PSA in healthy controls and men with high-grade PCa and 2) assess the accuracy of PHI vs. PSA for detection of csPCa in Black men with elevated PSA. Methods: The present study population consists of two biopsy-naïve cohorts. The first cohort serves as healthy controls and includes Black men with PHI and PSA drawn at community screening events through the social networks of eight lay Black male Citizen Scientists. The second PHI Biopsy Study cohort consists of Black men referred with elevated PSA and/or abnormal digital rectal exam (DRE) who had PHI drawn immediately before prostate biopsy. We excluded men with prior biopsies or known PCa. Distributions of PHI and PSA were compared across controls and men with negative biopsies, Gleason 6 PCa and csPCa. Among men with biopsy, we compared the area under the receiver operating characteristics curves (AUC) for PSA and PHI for detecting csPCa and assessed specificity at selected sensitivities as a proxy of avoided biopsies. We descriptively assessed theoretically avoided biopsies and missed csPCa at previously established PHI cut points [27.0, 28.6, 29.9, and 35.0]. Results: For the first objective, 139 men (42.5%) were included as controls from the Citizens Scientist Study and 188 (57.5%) were from the PHI Biopsy Study cohort, out of which 82 (43.6%) had a negative biopsy for PCa, 40 (21.1%) had low-grade PCa, and 66 (35.1%) had a Gleason >6 PCa. Compared to the healthy control group, the PHI Biopsy Study cohort was older (median age 61 vs. 55 years), with higher PSA levels (7.1ng/mL vs. 0.9ng/mL) and PHI scores (61.1 vs. 20.1), and more commonly had a family history of PCa (19.4% vs. 5.0%) and benign prostatic hyperplasia diagnosis (21.3% vs. 2.2%) (all p<0.001). Relative to PSA, PHI has a higher degree of overlap in the distribution between controls and csPCas (p <0.05), suggesting PHI would not perform well as a primary screening test in Blacks. In men with PSA between 4-10, PHI outperformed PSA in the detection of HGPCa with an AUC of 0.70 (95% CI: 0.59-0.81) compared to 0.57 (95% CI: 0.46-0.69). As a reflex test in men with PSA of 4-10ng/mL and normal DRE, a PHI cutoff of 35.0 would spare 20 (27.8%) low-risk men a biopsy while missing 2 (7.4%) csPCas. Conclusion: PHI should not be used for primary screening but has higher accuracy and specificity than PSA in Black men with PSA levels of 4-10ng/mL as a reflex test. At a cutoff of 35.0, 28% of low-risk men avoid biopsy while missing 7% of csPCas. Citation Format: Samuel Carbunaru, Oluwarotimi Nettey, Edward M Schaeffer, Peter H Gann, Michael Abern, Courtney M.P Hollowell, Karriem Watson, Tiffany McDowell, Rick A Kittles, Adam B Murphy. Performance of the prostate health index (PHI) assay in black men [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Twelfth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2019 Sep 20-23; San Francisco, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020;29(6 Suppl_2):Abstract nr A066.

Public knowledge and stigma of autism spectrum disorder: Comparing China with the United States.

Autism spectrum disorder in China differs considerably from autism spectrum disorder in the West in terms of prevalence estimates, education opportunities, and life outcomes of autistic people. The lack of autism spectrum disorder awareness could be a key factor underlying the disparities. To date, there has been no evaluation of autism spectrum disorder knowledge among the general public of China. Using the Autism Stigma and Knowledge Questionnaire developed for use in diverse cultural contexts, this study uncovered profoundly different public views about autism spectrum disorder in China compared with the United States. Determined by cognitive diagnosis modeling, 86%-91% of the surveyed U.S. citizens (N = 1127) achieved adequate autism spectrum disorder knowledge in diagnosis/symptoms, etiology, and treatment, whereas for the Chinese citizens (N = 1254) the percentages were only 57%-65%. Moreover, 14% of the participants from the United States were classified to endorse autism spectrum disorder stigma; in comparison, 38% of the Chinese participants endorsed autism spectrum disorder stigma. The Chinese citizens displayed knowledge deficits primarily in the areas of autism spectrum disorder core symptoms, comorbid intellectual impairment, and prognosis. Sociodemographic factors associated with the Chinese citizen's misconceptions included gender, ethnicity, social economic factors, among others. These results have important implications for increasing public awareness and promoting community participation for autistic individuals in China.Lay abstractASD in China differs considerably from ASD in the West in terms of prevalence estimates, education opportunities and life outcomes of autistic people. The lack of ASD awareness could be a key factor underlying these disparities. We asked 1127 U.S. citizens and 1254 Chinese citizens about their autism knowledge using the Autism Stigma and Knowledge Questionnaire (ASK-Q).The results indicated profoundly different public views about ASD in China compared to the U.S. Specifically, only 57%-65% of the Chinese citizens demonstrated adequate ASD knowledge compared to 86%-91% in the U.S. citizens. Fourteen percent of the U.S. citizens were shown to hold stigma beliefs towards ASD; in comparison, 38% of the Chinese citizens indicated ASD stigma. The Chinese citizens displayed misconceptions about ASD related to symptoms, causes, and possible long-term outcomes. In China but not in the U.S., male citizens and citizens with lower social economic status were more likely to have misconceptions about ASD than others were. The findings of this research can help increase public awareness about ASD and create a more inclusive environment for autistic people in China.

Discreet Inequality: How Party Agendas Embrace Privileged Interests

A growing literature documents that public policy in modern democracies fails to represent the preferences of traditionally marginalized subconstituencies. By dissecting party agendas, I show that inequality already permeates the very politicization of issues before democratic decision-making even begins. Election platforms worldwide predominantly reflect the concerns of male, educated and affluent citizens. That parties disregard large voter groups at this early stage seems surprising given that campaign agendas are inherently public. My analysis reveals that looming electoral backlash is anticipated by a strategy of “discreet” inequality. In particular, agendas are designed to appear inconspicuous and agreeable by exempting issues from unequal responsiveness that voters perceive as divisive or threatening. Discreet inequality thus appeases marginalized groups while ignoring their views on the large majority of more ordinary issues. The article demonstrates these patterns for gender, education, and income using comparative survey and manifesto data covering 42 countries.

광주광역시 지하철 역무원 유니폼 디자인 선호도 연구

The purpose of this study is to investigate the preference for developing a public uniform design for Gwangju metropolitan city’s subway crew. Data were collected from 330 male and female citizens in their 20s to 50s living in Gwangju metropolitan city during August 2019. Results were analyzed using frequency analysis, factor analysis, variance analysis, and regression analysis via SPSS 24.0. The results showed that the development of a uniform design for the public image of the city would improve the citizens’ satisfaction and help differentiate and enhance the city’s image. The most favored colors by citizens for the uniform design of the subway crew were blue, green, and red. Five factors that influenced the preference for the uniform were “functional design,” “visual design,” “differentiated design,” “fashionable design,” and “active-looking design.” The development of a uniform design as a public image can enhance users’ level of satisfaction with the subway and help differentiate the city’s image among other cities.

Physical Exercise Activity, Cognitive Functions and Its Relationship to Quality of Life in the Senior Citizens of Lahore

There is long debate on the proper functioning of senior citizens with relation to different factors which affect the physical exercise activity and cognitive functions in the senior citizens to perform their activities in daily life. Research had been carried out on relationship of physical exercise activity (recent and long term) to perform ADL and IADL. The objectives of the study are: To find out the composite score (z-scores) to check the executive functions of ADL and IADL. To find out the impact of recent and long term physical exercise activities and cognitive executive functions by using z-scores to measure the quality of life in male and female senior citizens. The results of our study show that the recent physical exercise activity does not improve the cognitive functions in the senior citizens through perform ADL and IADL. However long term physical exercise activity improve the cognitive functions in the senior citizens. the females who were having better physical exercise activity have better cognitive functions as compare to male with the same physical exercise activity. It has been found out that the physical exercise activities are important to be performed by the senior citizens to keep their cognitive executive functions intact. The senior citizens who are engaged in the physical exercise activities are less likely develop cognitive development in the old age. Physical exercise activities in the long term have great impact in maintaining the cognitive function in the senior citizens to perform ADL and IADL.

Nossis’ Dildo: A Metapoetic Attack on Female Poetry in Herodas’s Sixth Mime

Herodas’s reference in Mime 6 to a stolen dildo in the possession of “Nossis, daughter of Erinna” (the names of two female poets) represents a metapoetic attack on the popularity of feminine poetry in the Hellenistic period. By associating the dildo-maker with Homer, who represents poetry’s role in shaping the ideal male citizen of the Classical polis, Herodas uses Nossis’ theft of the dildo to criticize the appropriation and misuse of the morally edifying masculine poetic tradition, in his view, for the purpose of female pleasure and gratification, exposing anxieties about the erosion of Classical masculinity in the Hellenistic period.

Reconciling progressivism and xenophobia through scapegoating: anti-multiculturalism in South Korea’s online forums

ABSTRACTSouth Korea’s anti-multiculturalism discourse – the rejection of migrants and of a multicultural future for South Korea – made inroads in progressive popular online forums in the 2010s. Through an analysis of two such forums, this paper shows how online discussions have made the explicit rejection of multiethnic coexistence palatable to a broad group of predominantly male liberal users through a process of “scapegoating” dark-skinned foreign workers and the children of multicultural families for precarity caused by state-driven neoliberalism. The users’ collective discussions do contain some critiques of the neoliberal coalition of corporations, government, and media that have deployed multicultural policies. However, the popular political dynamics of online space enable users to focus on racial Others, who are more available as scapegoats in gendered, racialized, and classed ways – presenting dark-skinned migrants as accomplices and beneficiaries of the elite coalition allegedly taking rights from South Korean male citizens. These collective discussions justify xenophobia in the name of a progressive critique and preemptively stall discussion about a possible multicultural future for South Korea.

Gender equity and trust in government: Evidence from South Korea

AbstractMany indicators suggest that the level of gender equity is low in Korea. According to the psychological‐democratic contract theory, because gender inequality calls into question the capacity of government, when citizens perceive low levels of gender equity, they are not likely to trust in government. Despite the importance, relatively little attention is paid to the ramifications of gender equity on trust in government. To fill the void, the objective of this article was to identify the extent to which gender equity affects trust in government. The key findings of the 2009 Korean General Social Survey are as follows: (a) Gender equity positively affects trust in government; (b) Gender equity has a larger effect on female citizen trust in government than male citizen trust in government; and (c) gender equity is more strongly associated with trust in the Supreme Court than other government branches.

Clinical outcomes among hospital patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection

BackgroundMortality is high among patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. We aimed to determine hospital mortality and the factors associated with it in a cohort of MERS-CoV patients.MethodsWe reviewed hospital records of confirmed cases (detection of virus by polymerase chain reaction from respiratory tract samples) of MERS-CoV patients (n = 63) admitted to Buraidah Central Hospital in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia between 2014 and 2017. We abstracted data on demography, vital signs, associated conditions presented on admission, pre-existing chronic diseases, treatment, and vital status. Bi-variate comparisons and multiple logistic regressions were the choice of data analyses.ResultsThe mean age was 60 years (SD = 18.2); most patients were male (74.6%) and Saudi citizens (81%). All but two patients were treated with Ribavirin plus Interferon. Hospital mortality was 25.4%. Patients who were admitted with septic shock and/or organ failure were significantly more likely to die than patients who were admitted with pneumonia and/or acute respiratory distress syndrome (OR = 47.9, 95% CI = 3.9, 585.5, p-value 0.002). Age, sex, and presence of chronic conditions were not significantly associated with mortality.ConclusionHospital mortality was 25%; septic shock/organ failure at admittance was a significant predictor of mortality.

Digital Divides in Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Social Media Self‐Efficacy and Privacy Concerns

Scholarship on political participation and the Internet has found that Internet use may foster both online and offline political participation, while also finding pronounced inequalities in online political participation based on demographic and psychological characteristics. The article advances our theoretical understanding of how inequalities in online and offline political participation emerge through cognitive pathways, by applying social cognitive theory to conceptualize the relationship between environmental influences, cognition and behavior. Using survey data from 1,488 Internet users in Germany, we investigate how the cognitive dispositions of social media self‐efficacy and online privacy concerns mediate the effect of socio‐demographics on Internet use, and online as well as offline political participation. Results indicate that younger citizens are more likely to engage in online political participation, while older, more educated, and male citizens are more likely to engage in offline political participation. Internet use is positively associated with online political participation, which is closely related to offline participation. Self‐efficacy fully mediates the effect of education and gender on Internet use and online political participation. Thus, Internet use simultaneously amplifies and mitigates pre‐existing participation divides, depending on users’ cognitive dispositions.

UIN: STUDI ISLAM DAN ARAH BARU ISLAM INDONESIA

Islam as a religion has actually become the target of study not only by Muslims but also by non-Muslims for diverse purposes and interests with various approaches. Indonesian Islamic Studies conducted by Dutch scholars and Orientalists are mostly intended for political and policy purposes related to the fate of Muslim-majority male citizens. Islamic dynamics revealed more progressive dynamics in the 1960s and 70s when institutionally the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia released the State Islamic Religious College (PTKIN) with the form of an Institute that developed religious scientific disciplines in the form of various faculties. From this, a variant of State Islamic University (UIN) developed with the development of study areas outside the religious. The fundamental problem that is the focus of this research relates to PTKIN's Islamic facial dynamics in the context of changes to the State Islamic University (UIN), especially Islamic studies and the new direction of Indonesian Islam which is becoming a new force at the State Islamic University (UIN). Specifically, this study aims to understand the trends and challenges of Islam in PTKIN in the future, and the Islamic thinking map of PTKIN in the new face of UIN which includes UIN SGD Bandung, UIN SUKA Yogyakarta and UIN Ar-Raniry Aceh.

Will They Even Hear Me? How Race Influences Citizen Complaint Outcomes

Scholarship has explored how representation influences policing services, but little is known as to what effect officer and citizen race influences outcomes related to police misconduct cases. This analysis of the Indianapolis and New Orleans police department applies representative bureaucracy theory to create expectations on how race impacts citizen complaint cases. The findings indicate that Black citizens are more likely to have their complaint sustained when filed against a White officer compared to a White citizen. Moreover, male citizens are less likely to have their complaint sustained compared to females.

Drug-Using Behaviors of Turkish Armed Forces Service Members: A Social Control Perspective

The present study asked whether and how social-bond factors and self-control factors affect drug use by members of the Turkish armed forces, a key institution in Turkey, where all male citizens complete mandatory military duty. To implement the study’s 2-stage sampling design, first we randomly selected a sample of troops serving in Turkey’s 4 military branches, the army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie. This sample proportionally represented the military’s makeup by the 4 branches. From it, we then chose randomly a subsample from each group, obtaining a final sample of 4,461 men. Each participating service member self-administered a questionnaire approved by the institutional review board of Gulhane Military Medical Academy’s Psychology and War Psychiatry Department located in Istanbul. Data from the Mehmetcik 2015 Field Study survey was subjected to negative binomial regression, and results showed participants’ drug use to be inversely associated, overall, with self-control and social-bond factors. Drug-use behavior also differ by military units being served. An implication of the results is that drug prevention/intervention for service members could usefully target young men prior to conscription and persisting into their first months of military duty, aimed at enhancing their social bonds and self-control.

The Gendered Impact of Crime on Political Knowledge: How Crime Impacts Cognition among Citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa

ABSTRACTDoes crime exposure impair levels of political knowledge? The literature on crime has focused on its causes as well as its scope, while ignoring how it might influence the practice of political citizenship. Informed citizens are more able to practice their political citizenship. Exploring the impact of experiencing an insecure environment in itself, this article contributes to a deeper understanding of how the citizen responds to crime (burglary and physical attacks). Working memory has limitations and previous research has shown how resource scarcity limits cognitive capacities. This article suggests that crime might produce a situation of security scarcity, i.e. insecurity, which limits cognitive capacity in a similar fashion. This hypothesis is tested in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa, using survey data from the Afrobarometer (Round 4). The findings demonstrate how experiencing a security scarcity decreases political knowledge among male citizens, but not among female citizens.

Love, money and papers in the affective circuits of cross-border marriages: beyond the ‘sham’/‘genuine’ dichotomy

ABSTRACT In the name of women’s protection, Dutch immigration authorities police cross-border marriages differentiating between acceptable and non-acceptable forms of marriage (e.g. ‘forced’, ‘sham’, ‘arranged’). The categorisation of marriages between ‘sham’ and ‘genuine’ derives from the assumption that interest and love are and should be unconnected. Nevertheless, love and interest are closely entwined and their consideration as separate is not only misleading but affects the exchanges that take place within marriage and, therefore, has particular implications for spouses, especially for women. The ethnographic analysis of marriages between unauthorised African male migrants and (non-Dutch) EU female citizens, often suspected by immigration authorities of being ‘sham’, demonstrate the complex articulation of love and interest and the consequences of neglecting this entanglement – both for the spouses and scholars. The cases show that romantic love is not a panacea for unequal gender relations and may place women in a disadvantaged position – all the more so because the norms of love are gendered and construe self-sacrifice as more fundamental in women’s manifestations of love than that of men’s.

PSEUDO OR SPURIOUS HYPERTENSION AMONG MALE YOUTHS IN SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND

Objective: There is a debate about prevalence and significance of Isolated Systolic Hypertension in the Young (ISHY). Frequency and type of ISHY were therefore investigated among Swiss male citizens, who undergo a medical examination for recruitment into the army in the year they turn 18 to 19. Design and method: Among males, who underwent the examination for recruitment between 2014 and 2016 in Southern Switzerland, 1027 accepted to participate in a research protocol addressing their cardiovascular health including among others blood pressure (BP) measurement. A single BP high reading does not mean hypertension and the average of several readings provides a more reliable estimate of BP. Consequently, more readings were taken with the average mode technology (Microlife® BP3AC1–1) in volunteers with an initial reading = or >140/90 mmHg. Further readings with the same technique were obtained 24 hours later in subjects with an average reading = or >140/90 mmHg. Central BP (Arteriograph®, TensioMed, Budapest, Hungary) was measured in subjects with Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH) to identify pseudo or spurious hypertension. Results: Among the 1027 participants, the first blood pressure reading was = or >140/90 mmHg in 337. Average mode blood pressure was still = or >140/90 mmHg in 276 subjects. Twenty-four hours later, BP was = or > 140/90 in 78 subjects. ISH (BP = or >140 / <90 mmHg) was observed in 57 of the mentioned 78 subjects. A reliable central BP determination was obtained in 47 of the subjects with ISH. Pseudo or spurious hypertension (central BP <130 mmHg) was noted in 25 cases. Conclusions: Among males 18 to 19 years of age living in Southern Switzerland, ISHY is found in approximately 5%. The determination of central BP indicates that pseudo or spurious hypertension accounts for approximately half of the cases.

Les populaires et le parlement italien (1919–24) [The Popular and the Italian Parliament (1919–24)

ABSTRACT On 18 January 1919, Luigi Sturzo (Caltagirone 1871–Rome 1959), the Italian priest and politician, a Fascist dissident and fervent Europeanist, founded the Italian Popular Party (PPI) by pronouncing his Appello ai liberi e forti. The new PPI marked the entrance of Catholics to the political life of the country. Indeed, after the unification of Italy, Catholics had not been able to vote in political elections due to a provision issued by Pope Pius IX in 1874, the so-called non expedit, which had forbidden them from participating in the political elections of the kingdom of Italy. In the elections of 16 November 1919 – after the reform that led to the transition from the uninominal electoral system to the proportional electoral system and the extension of the right to vote to all 21-year old male citizens – the PPI secured 20.5 per cent of the votes. One hundred PPI candidates were elected, proving to be an indispensable force for the institution of any new government. The serious economic difficulties and the social contrasts, caused in large part by the First World War and by an institutional system unable to cope with the crisis, would have subsequently led to the establishment of the fascist regime. PPI members elected in 1919 were active in implementing institutional reforms that attempted to bring parliamentary representation to the real life of the country. This was to be achieved in the following ways: by renewing the apparatus of political representation, that is safeguarding the role of parliament as the central organ of a democratic system; by transforming the old constitutional model of cabinet government, with prime ministers appointed by the crown and chosen by parliamentary hybrid majorities, into a new parliamentary government based on the trust of majorities formed by parties with common programmes.

Do Female Local Councilors Improve Women’s Representation?

ABSTRACTTunisia’s 2018 municipal elections, in which a legislated quota was implemented and women won 47 percent of seats, raises questions about whether electing female councilors improves women’s representation in clientelistic settings. Using data from the Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI), an original survey of 3,600 Tunisians conducted in 2015 by the Program on Governance and Local Development (GLD), this article investigates the relationship between local councilors’ gender and women’s access to help with personal or community issues. Three findings emerge. First, male citizens are thirteen percentage points more likely than female citizens to know a local councilor and six percentage points more likely to have contacted a councilor for help. This offers evidence of greater network homosociality for club goods than personal requests. Second, citizens of both genders are twice as likely to contact a councilor of the same gender when asking for help with community problems. Finally, electing females increases women’s access to councilors, due to network homosociality—that is, denser personal networks with others of the same gender—but has a limited impact on men’s access because female councilors have more heterosocial networks. By showing that electing and appointing women improves service and allocation responsiveness to females, the results call attention to the need to address gender equity issues when drafting electoral laws and implementing decentralization laws.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GENDER AND AREA WISE ANXIETY LEVEL OF SENIOR CITIZENS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AND UTTAR PRADESH STATE OF INDIA

The main objective of the study was to compare the Anxiety Level of Senior Citizens of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh State of India. The present researcher used simple random sampling method for the selection of 2000 subjects (Senior Citizens) for the present study. 100 Male and 100 Female Senior Citizens were taken together from each district taken for the present study of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh State of India. The study was conducted by using the Standardized Questionnaires for measuring the Anxiety Status of Senior Citizens. - Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS). The data collected was statistically analyzed by using Percentage and Chi Square was specially used to found the significance difference in Anxiety Level of both states. Conclusion: The male and female senior citizens of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh differed significantly in respect to their Anxiety Level.

Association of active Helicobacter pylori infection and anemia in elderly males

BackgroundThe prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection increases with age. However, the relationship between H. pylori infection and anemia in the elderly population remains to be identified. The aim of this study is to explore whether H. pylori infection is associated with anemia in a male elderly cohort.MethodsA cross-sectional study was designed using data collected from asymptomatic male senior citizens (≥ 65 years old) who received an assessment of their health status at the General Hospital of Chinese PLA from January 2015 to December 2015. H. pylori infection was confirmed by the 13C-urea breath test. Blood samples from the participants were taken to assay for hemoglobin and other erythroid-related indices - serum iron, ferritin, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Anemia was defined as hemoglobin values lower than 120.0 g/L. Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was applied to establish baseline comorbidities.ResultsData from 646 subjects were analyzed. The mean age of the study cohort was 79.4 ± 8.9 years. The overall prevalence of H. pylori infection was 35.3%. The prevalence of anemia in the H. pylori positive group was higher than that in the negative group (5.3% vs. 2.2%, P = .033). Among the patients who had higher CCI scores (> 2), the prevalence of anemia in the H. pylori positive and negative groups were 10.3 and 1.4%, respectively (P = .009). Compared to the H. pylori negative group, the odds ratio for anemia of the H. pylori positive group was 2.53 (P = .033). No correlation between H. pylori infection and serum iron and ferritin levels was found. The mean corpuscular volume of the H. pylori positive and negative group was 91.17 ± 3.94 fl and 91.17 ± 4.09 fl (mean ± SD), respectively (P = .986). The CRP level in the H. pylori positive group was higher than that in the H. pylori negative group (Median: 0.17 mg/dL vs. 0.10 mg/dL, P < .001).ConclusionH. pylori infection seems to be associated with normocytic and normochromic anemia in elderly males, especially in those with more comorbidities. Further clinical studies are needed to verify the association.