From: Dietary habits and Helicobacter pylori infection: a cross sectional study at a Lebanese hospital
 | Overall n = 294 | H. pylori (−) n = 140 | H. pylori (+) n = 154 | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gastroenteritis | ||||
 No | 260 (88.4) | 129 (49.6) | 131 (50.4) | 0.116 |
 Yes | 34 (11.6) | 12 (35.3) | 22 (64.7) |  |
Peptic Ulcer | ||||
 No | 228 (77.6) | 126 (55.3) | 102 (44.7) | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 66 (22.4) | 15 (22.7) | 51 (77.3) |  |
Esophagitis | ||||
 No | 278 (94.6) | 130 (46.8) | 148 (53.2) | 0.087 |
 Yes | 16 (5.4) | 11 (68.8) | 5 (31.3) |  |
Hepatitis C | ||||
 No | 283 (96.3) | 132 (46.6) | 151 (53.4) | 0.022 |
 Yes | 11 (3.7) | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) |  |
Adenocarcinoma | ||||
 No | 267 (90.8) | 135 (50.6) | 132 (49.4) | 0.005 |
 Yes | 27 (9.2) | 6 (22.2) | 21 (77.8) |  |
Gastric MALT lymphoma | ||||
 No | 281 (95.6) | 136 (48.4) | 145 (51.6) | 0.483 |
 Yes | 13 (4.4) | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) |  |
Stage of Gastric Cancer | ||||
 Early | 20 (6.8) | 7 (35.0) | 13 (65.0) | 0.456* |
 Advanced | 16 (5.4) | 3 (18.8) | 13 (81.3) |  |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
 No | 24 (8.2) | 8 (33.3) | 16 (66.7) | 0.711* |
 Yes | 13 (4.4) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) |  |