Occurrence and risk factors for autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with atrophic body gastritis.

Purpose: To investigate the occurrence of and risk factors for autoimmune thyroid disease in atrophic body gastritis patients.

Methods: Cross-sectional study on 401 consecutive outpatients with atrophic body gastritis. Diagnostic work-up of thyroid disease was completed in 319 atrophic body gastritis patients (225 women, median age 55.