Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of patients

Characteristic	H. pylori-infected patients (n = 169)
Age, (y, mean ± SD)	43.6±13.1
Gender
Male	83 (49.1%)
Female	86 (50.9%)
BMI (kg/m2)	23.6±3.7
Alcohol drinking
No	137 (81.1%)
Yes	32 (18.9%)
Smoking
No	134 (79.3%)
Yes	35 (20.7%)
Endoscopy diagnosis
Chronic superficial gastritis	63 (37.3%)
Chronic atrophic gastritis	71 (42.0%)
Gastroduodenal polyps	35 (20.7%)

Percentage calculated based on total number of patients. H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, BMI: body mass index.