Table 8.

Risk factors for H. pylori infection in adults in NHANES 1999–2018

Variables	β	Standard Error	P value	95% CI
Age	0.01	0.00	< 0.001	0.01 (0.01 ~ 0.01)
Sex	−0.26	0.04	< 0.001	−0.26 (−0.35 ~ −0.17)
Race	0.00	0.04	0.950	0.00 (−0.08 ~ 0.08)
Education	−0.15	0.11	0.150	−0.15 (−0.36 ~ 0.06)
BMI	0.01	0.01	0.074	0.01 (−0.00 ~ 0.03)
Waist	−0.00	0.00	0.093	−0.00 (−0.01 ~ 0.00)
Poverty	−0.04	0.01	< 0.001	−0.04 (−0.06 ~ −0.02)
Diabetes mellitus	−0.10	0.07	0.180	−0.10 (−0.24 ~ 0.05)
Hypertension	0.04	0.04	0.246	0.04 (−0.03 ~ 0.11)
Smoke	−0.05	0.04	0.153	−0.05 (−0.13 ~ 0.02)
Alcohol drink	0.21	0.12	0.071	0.21 (−0.02 ~ 0.44)
CRP	−0.00	0.02	0.986	−0.00 (−0.05 ~ 0.05)
Total bilirubin	−0.04	0.07	0.533	−0.04 (−0.17 ~ 0.09)
Urinary creatinine	0.05	0.07	0.473	0.05 (−0.09 ~ 0.19)
Uric acid	0.02	0.01	0.090	0.02 (−0.00 ~ 0.05)
eGFR	−0.00	0.05	0.995	−0.00 (−0.10 ~ 0.10)
Urinary Barium	−0.00	0.00	0.426	−0.00 (−0.01 ~ 0.01)
Urinary Beryllium	0.01	0.00	0.114	0.01 (−0.00 ~ 0.02)
Urinary Cobalt	0.02	0.04	0.725	0.02 (−0.07 ~ 0.10)
Urinary Cesium	−0.00	0.00	0.521	−0.00 (−0.00 ~ 0.00)
Urinary Molybdenum	−0.03	0.07	0.633	−0.03 (−0.16 ~ 0.10)
Urinary Lead	0.01	0.00	0.002	0.01 (0.01 ~ 0.01)
Urinary Antimony	−0.25	0.23	0.294	−0.25 (−0.71 ~ 0.21)
Urinary Platinum	−0.17	0.15	0.250	−0.17 (−0.47 ~ 0.12)
Urinary Thallium	0.14	0.05	0.014	0.14 (0.03 ~ 0.24)
Urinary Tungsten	0.02	0.02	0.257	0.02 (−0.01 ~ 0.05)