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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in the two groups

From: Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on metabolic profile: an international, multicenter, case-control study

Variables

Group A (N = 164)

Group B (N = 35)

P-value

Age (range)

42 (34–52)

43.5 (35.75–55.5)

0.291*

Gender, Male N (%)

75 (49.4)

12 (35.3)

0.165**

Race, N (%)

 Caucasian

144 (87.8)

29 (82.8)

0.182**

 Arab

14 (8.5)

4 (11.8)

 Turkish

4 (2.6)

1 (2.9)

 Asian

2 (1.3)

0

 African

0

1 (2.9)

Smoke, N (%)

35 (22.6)

5 (14.7)

0.309**

Comorbidity, N (%)

32 (19.5%)

15 (42.8%)

0.002**

Cause of eradication, N (%)

 NUD

150 (91.4%)

27 (77.1%)

0.06**

 DU

6 (3.6%)

5 (14.2%)

 GU

4 (2.4%)

2 (5.7%)

 IM

4 (2.4%)

1 (2.8%)

  1. DU Duodenal ulcer; GU Gastric ulcer; IM Intestinal metaplasia; NUD Non-ulcer dyspepsia
  2. *Mann-Whitney U, **Chi-squared