Research Article
Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Metabolic Abnormality in General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Characteristics of categorical variables of all participants based on H. pylori infection.
| | Variables | H. pylori (+) | H. pylori (−) | value |
| | Number (women/man) | 114/475 | 279/999 | 0.223 | | BMD | 287 (48.7%) | 613 (48.0%) | 0.765 | | NAFLD | 199 (33.8%) | 397 (31.1%) | 0.241 | | ALT | 35 (5.9%) | 58 (4.5%) | 0.195 | | Cholesterol | 74 (12.6%) | 134 (10.5%) | 0.185 | | TG | 161 (27.3%) | 314 (24.6%) | 0.202 | | HDL-C | 103 (17.5%) | 194 (15.2%) | 0.205 | | LDL-C | 145 (24.6%) | 320 (25.0%) | 0.845 | | Creatinine | 8 (1.4%) | 14 (1.1%) | 0.625 | | Urea nitrogen | 20 (3.4%) | 28 (2.2%) | 0.126 | | Uric acid | 99 (16.8%) | 174 (13.6%) | 0.070 | | Fasting plasma glucose | 81 (13.8%) | 109 (8.5%) | 0.001※ | | Postprandial blood sugar | 142 (24.1%) | 287 (22.5%) | 0.430 |
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※ represents P value less than 0.05 between H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative groups.
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