Research Article
Systematic Retesting for Helicobacter pylori: The Potential Overestimation of Suppressive Conditions
Table 1
Overall patients’ characteristics.
| | Characteristic | Tested for H. pylori (HUT + histology) | Not tested due to | |
| | Suppressive conditions (no. (%)) | 332 (50.8) | 405 (71.9) | < .001 | | Age median (years) | 54.0 | 65.0 | < .001 | | Sex female (no. (%)) | 342 (52.4) | 241 (42.8) | .001 | | Outpatients (no. (%)) | 236 (36.1) | 104 (18.5) | < .001 | | PPI intake (no. (%)) | 295 (45.2) | 368 (65.4) | < .001 | | Antibiotics intake (no. (%)) | 85 (13.0) | 122 (21.7) | < .001 | | GI bleeding (no. (%)) | 42 (6.4) | 99 (17.6) | < .001 |
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H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; HUT: Helicobacter urease test; GI: gastrointestinal; PPI: proton-pump inhibitor.
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