Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of the study participants in Yilmana Densa district, northwest Ethiopia, (n = 403).
| Variables | Categories | N (percent) | H.pylori positive (%) | H.pylori negative (%) | χ 2(p value) |
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| ABO group blood | A | 92 (22.8) | 54 (58.7%) | 38 (41.3%) | 3.249 (0.355) |
| B | 72 (17.9) | 46 (63.9%) | 26 (36.1%) | ||
| AB | 102 (25.3) | 65 (63.7%) | 37 (36.3%) | ||
| O | 137 (34) | 96 (70.1%) | 41 (29.9%) | ||
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| Rhesus (Rh) factor | Rh + ve | 248 (61.5) | 165 (66.5%) | 83 (33.5%) | 0.883 (0.347) |
| Rh-ve | 155 (38.5) | 96 (61.9%) | 59 (38.1%) | ||
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| BMI category (Kg/m2) | Undernourished | 82 (20.3) | 56 (68.3%) | 26 (31.7%) | 0.860 (0.835) |
| Normal | 196 (48.6) | 125 (63.8%) | 71 (36.2%) | ||
| Overweight | 71 (17.6) | 44 (62%) | 27 (38%) | ||
| Obese | 54 (13.4) | 36 (66.7%) | 18 (33.3%) | ||
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| Epi-gastric pain | Yes | 226 (56.1) | 148 (65.5%) | 78 (34.5%) | 0.118 (0.732) |
| No | 177 (43.9) | 113 (63.8%) | 64 (36.2%) | ||
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| Heart burn | Yes | 212 (52.6) | 138 (65.1%) | 74 (34.9%) | 0.021 (0.884) |
| No | 191 (47.4) | 123 (64.4%) | 68 (35.6%) | ||
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| Abdominal fullness | Yes | 225 (55.8) | 148 (65.8%) | 77 (34.2%) | 0.229 (0.632) |
| No | 178 (44.2) | 113 (63.5%) | 65 (36.5%) | ||
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| Vomiting | Yes | 199 (49.4) | 130 (65.3%) | 69 (34.7%) | 0.054 (0.815) |
| No | 204 (50.6) | 131 (64.2%) | 73 (35.8%) | ||
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| Nausea | Yes | 216 (53.6) | 141 (65.3%) | 75 (34.7%) | 0.054 (0.817) |
| No | 187 (46.4) | 120 (64.2%) | 67 (35.8%) | ||
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| Belching | Yes | 206 (51.1) | 135 (65.5%) | 71 (34.5%) | 0.109 (0.741) |
| No | 197 (48.9) | 126 (64%) | 71 (36%) | ||
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| Melena | Yes | 223 (55.3) | 146 (65.5%) | 77 (34.5%) | 0.109 (0.741) |
| No | 180 (44.7) | 115 (63.9%) | 65 (36.1%) | ||
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| Bloody vomiting | Yes | 112 (27.8) | 74 (66.1%) | 38 (33.9%) | 0.116 (0.733) |
| No | 291 (72.2) | 187 (64.3%) | 104 (35.7%) | ||