Table 2.

Helicobacter pylori eradication at 90 days in study subjects, by intervention, sex, and age

Variable	Subjects, no.	Percentage
By intervention
Usual care control*	154	80.5
Special treatment	148	80.4
By sex
Men†	140	83.6
Women†	162	77.8
By age, yr
18-29†	16	75.0
30-45†	78	73.1
46-64†	139	80.6
≥65†	69	89.9

^*χ² 0.001, P = 0.98.

^†Usual-care control and special-treatment groups combined.