Table 2.

Association of socioeconomic status and hpylori status among the study cohort.

	Hp+	Hp -	p value	Odds ratio	95%CI
Gender
Male	77(33.3%)	159(34.3%)	0.801	0.95	0.68-1.34
Female	154(66.6%)	305(65.7%)
Education
Basic education	115(68.8%)	197(51%)	0.001	2.3	1.57-3.38
Graduation and above	52(31.2%)	189(49%)
Socioeconomic status
Low	81(46.8%)	167(42.6%)	0.35	1.18	0.82-1.69
High	92(53.2%)	225(57.4%)
Area of living
Rural	109(64.5%)	192(50.3%)	0.002	1.79	1.23-2.61
Urban	60(35.5%)	190(49.7%)

(Univariate analysis for all cases and controls combined). Bold value indicates a significant p value of < 0.05.