Table 5.

Rate of H. pylori eradication

	DTD group	OE group	P value
ITT	89.0% (113/127)	59.1% (75/127)	< 0.001
95% CI	83.5–94.5%	50.4–67.7%
≤ 40 years	92.2% (83/90)	57.7% (45/78)	< 0.001
> 40 years	81.1% (30/37)	61.2% (30/49)	0.047
MITT	89.7% (113/126)	62.5% (75/120)	< 0.001
95% CI	84.3–95.1%	53.7–71.3%
≤ 40 years	92.2% (83/90)	61.6% (45/73)	< 0.001
> 40 years	83.3% (30/36)	63.8% (30/47)	0.049
PP	95.8% (113/118)	93.8% (75/80)	0.529†
95% CI	92.1–99.5%	88.3–99.2%
≤ 40 years	96.5% (83/86)	95.7% (45/47)	1.000†
> 40 years	93.8% (30/32)	90.9% (30/33)	1.000†

DTD, day-to-day; OE, outpatient education; ITT, intention-to-treat; MITT, modified intention-to-treat; PP, per-protocol; CI, confidence interval; †, Fisher’s exact test