Characteristics and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Associated Gastritis: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Northeast Thailand

Table 4

Association between patient’s symptoms, endoscopic findings, and H. pylori infection (univariate analysis).

Variable	Positive for H. pylori,  (%)	Negative for H. pylori,  (%)	value
	Total number: 150	Total number: 150
Patient’s symptom			<0.01
Abdominal pain	73 (48.7)	68 (45.3)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	12 (8)	12 (8)
Vomiting	8 (5.3)	11 (7.3)
Diarrhea	3 (2)	10 (6.7)
Iron deficiency anemia	54 (36)	49 (32.7)
Endoscopic finding			0.17
Gastric ulcer	7 (4.7)	12 (8)
Duodenal ulcer	22 (14.7)	13 (8.7)
Gastric and duodenal ulcer	3 (2)	12 (8)
Inflammatory polyp	8 (5.3)	9 (6)
Nonulcer gastritis	95 (63.3)	84 (56)
Nonulcer duodenitis	1 (0.7)	11 (7.3)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease	14 (9.3)	9 (6)

Significance is set at .