Fig. 3
From: Eradication of Helicobacter pylori may improve dyspepsia in the elderly for the long term
Long-term effects of H. pylori eradication on dyspepsia. In the non-elderly patients (group N), 32 patients, including 10 patients who did not show improvement just after eradication, had improvement in symptoms at the time of the 3rd questionnaire. In the elderly group (group E), 12 patients, including 5 patients who did not show improvement just after eradication, had improvement in symptoms at the time of the 3rd questionnaire. Relapse of symptoms occurred in 15% (group N) and 42% (group E) of the patients after judgment of eradication