SUMMARY OF NEW CONCLUSIONS OF THE THESIS - Title: "Study on the epidemiological characteristics of Helicobacter pylori infection among children in the Central Highlands, Vietnam" - Code: 62720135 Specialty: Pediatrics - PhD student: Le Tho - Supervisors: Nguyen Van Bang, Associate Professor, MD, PhD Hoang Thi Thu Ha, MD, PhD - Training institution: Hanoi Medical University - New conclusions of the thesis In overall, H pylori infection prevalence among ethnic minority children of in Tay Nguyen was high (40,07%); 35,30% (Kinh), 35,96% (K’Ho), 47,64% (Ê-Đê) and 47,15% (Gia Rai) H pylori infection prevalence among children of Gia Rai and Ê-Đê was statistically higher than that of Kinh and K’Ho There was a tendency of increasing H.pylori infection prevalence with age Following factors were found to be likely statistically significantly related to higher prevalence of H pylori infection among children of Tay Nguyen ethnic groups: - The HP infection prevalence among thnic minority children was3.1 times higher than that of the majority ethnic group (Kinh) - The HP infection prevalence among children with infected mothers was 3.4 times higher than that of other children with non-infected mothers - The HP intection prevalence among children aged 10-15 was 1.2 times higher than that of other children