Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori genotypes: cagA, vacA (m1), vacA (s1), babA2, dupA, iceA1, oipA and their association with gastrointestinal diseases. A cross-sectional study in Quito-Ecuador

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients

Variable	All n(%)^†	H. pylori-negative n(%)	H. pylori-positive n(%)	p-value^‡
All	225(100)	84(37.3)	141(62.7)
Sex
Female	114(50.7)	40(35.1)	74(64.9)	0.480
Male	111(49.3)	44(39.6)	67(60.4)	0.480
Age (years)
< 40	72(32.0)	20(27.8)	52(72.2)	0.019
40–50	41(18.2)	12(29.3)	29(70.7)
> 50	112(49.8)	52(46.4)	60(53.6)
Education
Low level	193(85.8)	72(37.3)	121(62.7)	0.983
High level	32(14.2)	12(37.5)	20(62.5)	0.983
Ethnicities^§
Mestizo	208(97.7)	80(38.5)	128(61.5)	0.579
Indigenous	2(0.9)	1(50.0)	1(50.0)
Afro-American	3(1.4)	2(66.7)	1(33.3)

Abbreviations: H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori)
^†n(%), represents the number (percentage) of patients with the conditions
^‡Chi-square test was performed to determine the differences between sociodemographic variables and patients with a positive result for H. pylori. Bold values denote a statistically significant result at the p < 0.05 level
^§Ethnicities variable included n = 213(100%), the remaining 12 did not answer the question

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