Research Article

Is the Occurrence or Reversal of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Associated with Long-Term Helicobacter pylori Infection among Chinese Adults? A Cohort Study

Table 2

Characteristics of categorical variables broken down by H. pylori status (统计占比).

TotalH. pylori (+)H. pylori (−) value
NumberNumberNumber

Gender (male/female)506/169152/54354/1150.026
Postprandial blood glucose (mmol/L)47 (7.0%)17 (8.3%)30 (6.4%)<0.001
ALT (U/L)2 (0.3%)1 (0.5%)1 (0.2%)0.518
Total protein (mmol/L)671 (99.4%)203 (98.5%)468 (99.8)0.087
Cholesterol (mmol/L)152 (2%)4 (19.4%)11 (2.3%)0.497
TG (mmol/L)59 (8.7%)20 (9.7%)39 (8.3%)<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)30 (4.4%)14 (6.8%)16 (3.4%)<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)341 (50.5%)106 (51.5%)235 (50.1%)<0.001
Urea nitrogen (mmol/L)2 (0.3%)1 (0.5%)1 (0.2%)0.518
Uric acid (mmol/L)34 (5.0%)14 (6.8%)20 (4.3%)<0.001
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)20 (3.0%)7 (3.4%)13 (2 .8%)<0.001
NAFLD110 (16.3%)37 (18%)73 (15.6%)<0.001

represents that the index was statistically significant among the participants with H. pylori+ve.