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

Table 3

The relationship between the occurrence and recovery of NAFLD and H. pylori.

Variable	H. pylori (+)	H. pylori (-)	value
Positive to negative	19 (9.2%)	48 (10.2%)
Positive	37 (18.0%)	73 (15.6%)	0.36
Negative to positive	6 (2.9%)	33 (7.0%)
Negative	95 (46.1%)	207 (44.1%)	<0.001

means is less than 0.05.