Changes in plasma ghrelin and leptin levels in patients with peptic ulcer and gastritis following eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study groups

	Control	Peptic Ulcer	Chronic Gastritis	P value
	N = 15	N = 46	N = 26
Age	45.9 ± 9.3	53.0 ± 15.6	60.8 ± 11.7	0.001
Gender, M: n (%)	6 (40 %)	32 (69.5 %)	10 (38.5 %)	0.017
BMI (kg/m²)	21.7 ± 2.2	23.0 ± 3.4	22.1 ± 2.9	0.260

P values are based on Kruskal-Wallis test or the Mann-Whitney test (two-sided) for continuous variables and Fisher’ exact test for categorical variable
BMI body mass index

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