There has been no mention of this in US journals. And, while the loss of ulcers and stomach cancer had little effect on their smoking-attributable disease claims, the loss of heart disease could reduce it by over half. It is also linked to reduced adult height, and eventually it will occur to someone to investigate the effect of maternal infection on birthweight. The possible interaction of HP with oral contraceptive stroke risks should also be examined. The stored serum collected in a large heart disease prospective, the Honolulu Heart Plan, provided confirmation of the HP-stomach cancer association.
Heart disease is a major cause of death.