TABLE 1.
Availability of serum samples at 5 weeks, 10 weeks, and 1 year after the completion of antibiotic treatment according to H. pylori status
| Time after completion of treatment | No. (%) of serum samples
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| Available
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Not available
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| H. pylori-positive patients | H. pylori-negative patients | H. pylori-positive patients | H. pylori-negative patients | |
| 5 wk | 33 (65) | 18 (35) | 8 (62) | 5 (38) |
| 10 wk | 28 (61) | 18 (39) | 13 (72) | 5 (28) |
| 1 yr | 23 (62) | 14 (38) | 18 (67) | 9 (33) |