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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 92 study patients, according to H. pylori status

From: The effect of H. pylori eradication on meal-associated changes in plasma ghrelin and leptin

Characteristic

H. pylori-negative

(N = 38)

H. pylori-indeterminate

(N = 10)

H. pylori-positive

(N = 44)

Comparison of H. pylori-negative and H. pylori-positive subjects (p-value)

Mean age (years) ± SD

65 ± 13

70 ± 6

64 ± 14

0.84b

Male, n (%)

36 (95)

10 (100)

43 (98)

0.47c

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

   

0.22c

White, non-Hispanic

19 (50)

4 (40)

13 (30)

 

Black, non-Hispanic

13 (34)

3 (30)

18 (41)

 

Hispanic

5 (13)

3 (30)

12 (27)

 

Asian

1 (3)

0 (0)

1 (2)

 

Mean BMI (kg/m2) ± SD

26.4 ± 4

26.0 ± 3

29.4 ± 5

0.008b

PPI use, n (%)a

15 (40)

9 (90)

18 (41)

0.54c

Diabetes, n (%)

7 (18)

3 (30)

14 (32)

0.17c

  1. a PPI = proton pump inhibitor
  2. b Student's t-test; c Chi-Squared test