Living Conditions and Helicobacter pylori in Adults

Table 1

Relationships between the prevalence of H. pylori infection and lifestyles.

	H. pylori positive	H. pylori negative	Total	Prevalence of H. pylori (%)	OR (95% CI)
Alcohol consumption
Yes	22	31	53	41.5	0.65 (0.34–1.26)	0.20
No	59	54	113	52.2
Tobacco consumption
Yes	20	31	51	39.2	0.57 (0.29–1.12)	0.10
No	61	54	115	53.0
Number of cigarettes per day
≤10 cigarettes	14	19	33	42.4	1.33 (0.36–4.83)	0.67
>10 cigarettes	5	9	14	35.7
Coffee consumption
Yes	56	63	119	47.1	0.75 (0.40–1.54)	0.48
No	25	22	47	53.2
Number of coffees per day
1	26	36	62	41.9	0.61 (0.30–1.30)	0.21
2 or more	28	24	52	53.8

Reference group.