Table 1. Social demographic, clinical and other related characteristics of study participants.
| Variables |
Total
(n = 3867) |
H. pylori infection (+)
(n = 2419) |
H. pylori infection (−)
(n = 1448) |
P-value |
| Gender | 0.236 | |||
| Male | 1885 | 1197 (63.50) | 688 (36.50) | |
| Female | 1982 | 1222 (61.65) | 760 (38.35) | |
| Nationality | 0.401 | |||
| Ethnic Han | 3843 | 2402 (62.50) | 1441 (37.50) | |
| Ethnic minorities | 24 | 17 (70.83) | 7 (29.17) | |
| Marital status | 0.002** | |||
| Married | 3694 | 2330 (63.08) | 1364 (36.92) | |
| Single | 173 | 89 (51.45) | 84 (48.55) | |
| Smoking history | 0.922 | |||
| Yes | 774 | 483 (62.40) | 291 (37.60) | |
| No | 3093 | 1936 (62.59) | 1157 (37.41) | |
| Drinking history | 0.899 | |||
| Yes | 543 | 341 (62.80) | 202 (37.20) | |
| No | 3324 | 2078 (62.52) | 1246 (37.48) | |
| District | 0.105 | |||
| Xiangzhou | 2744 | 1742 (63.48) | 1002 (36.52) | |
| Doumen | 751 | 445 (59.25) | 306 (40.75) | |
| Jinwan | 372 | 232 (62.37) | 140 (37.63) | |
| Age, years | 52.60±11.66 | 53.07 ± 11.55 | 51.82 ± 11.82 | 0.001** |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 23.44±3.19 | 23.50 ± 3.23 | 23.33 ± 3.11 | 0.130 |
| Glycosylated hemoglobin, % | 5.83±0.87 | 5.84 ± 0.85 | 5.82 ± 0.90 | 0.117 |
| Fasting blood-glucose, mmol/L | 5.26±1.18 | 5.28 ± 1.16 | 5.22 ± 1.23 | 0.045* |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4.99±1.04 | 5.00 ± 1.06 | 4.96 ± 1.00 | 0.376 |
| Triglyceride, mmol/L | 1.56±1.17 | 1.59 ± 1.25 | 1.50 ± 1.00 | 0.068 |