Research Article

Helicobacter Pylori Infection among Patients Attending the Gastroenterology Department in Tertiary Care Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 2

Relationship of the rapid urease test (RUT) with H. pylori stool antigen (HpSAg) detection test in various gastric illness patients n = 100.

TestNumber of casesHpSAg positiveHpSAg negativeChi-squarep value

RUT positive2611 (42.30)15 (57.69)
RUT negative746 (8.10)68 (91.89)2.000≤0.001
Total1001783