Relation between Helicobacter pylori infection and demographic, lifestyle, and clinical variables
Women | Men | |||
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Infected n (%) | Non-infected n (%) | Infected n (%) | Non-infected n (%) | |
Excludes pregnant women, persons known to have diabetes, subjects who had not fasted, and seven women and five men with missing H pylori titres. | ||||
Age: | ||||
<55 | 24 (59) | 78 (73) p = 0.09 | 30 (64) | 68 (73) |
≥55 | 17 (41) | 29 (27) | 17 (36) | 25 (27) |
Vigorous exercise | ||||
Participation | 11 (27) | 26 (24) | 11 (23) | 11 (12) p = 0.08 |
Non-participation | 30 (73) | 81 (76) | 36 (77) | 82 (88) |
Contraceptive pill | ||||
Using | 3 (7) | 17 (16) | ||
Not using | 38 (93) | 88 (84) | ||
Missing | 2 | |||
Hormone replacement | ||||
Yes | 4 (10) | 13 (12) | ||
No | 37 (90) | 94 (88) | ||
Medication affecting plasma glucose | ||||
Raise | 5 (12) | 7 (7) | 2 (4) | 3 (3) |
Lower | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
Raise/lower | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Not used | 35 (85) | 98 (92) | 44 (94) | 90 (97) |
Family history of diabetes | ||||
Yes | 3 (7) | 14 (13) | 1 (2) | 6 (7) |
No | 38 (93) | 93 (87) | 46 (98) | 87 (94) |
Waist to hips ratio | ||||
Normal | 18 (44) | 49 (46) | 35 (75) | 76 (82) |
Abnormal | 23 (56) | 58 (54) | 12 (26) | 17 (18) |
Body mass index | ||||
Underweight | 6 (15) | 12 (11) | 2 (4) | 5 (5) |
Normal | 18 (44) | 54 (51) | 11 (23) | 36 (39) |
Overweight | 8 (20) | 25 (23) | 26 (55) | 38 (41) |
Obese | 9 (22) | 16 (15) | 8 (17) | 14 (15) |
Currently drinking | ||||
Yes | 23 (56) | 81 (76) | 38 (81) | 79 (85) |
No | 18 (44) | 26 (24) | 9 (19) | 14 (15) |
Currently smoking | ||||
Yes | 6 (15) | 23 (22) | 9 (19) | 28 (30) |
No | 35 (85) | 84 (78) | 38 (81) | 65 (70) |
Number | 41 | 107 | 47 | 93 |