Table 2.
Past socio-economic among non-complier and complier subjects, and prevalence of H. pylori infection.
| Characteristics | Test non-compliers (n = 200) n (%) | Test compliers (n = 363) n (%) | p1 | Prevalence2 n (%) | p3 |
| Place of living | 0.1 | 0.2 | |||
| Urban only | 133 (66.5) | 217 (60,4) | 135 (62.2) | ||
| Urban and rural | 66 (33.5) | 142 (39.6) | 96 (67.6) | ||
| Mother education | 0.6 | 0.0014 | |||
| ≤ 4 | 108 (63.9) | 203 (65.1) | 143 (70.4) | ||
| 5–7 | 29 (17.2) | 61 (19.6) | 38 (62.3) | ||
| 8–10 | 13 (7.7) | 16 (5.1) | 8 (50.0) | ||
| ≥ 11 | 19 (11.2) | 32 (10.3) | 12 (37.5) | ||
| Father education (y) | 0.2 | 0.0014 | |||
| ≤ 4 | 101 (63.9) | 181 (50.4) | 127 (70.2) | ||
| 5–7 | 21 (13.3) | 59 (16,4) | 39 (66.1) | ||
| 8–10 | 12 (7.6) | 24 (6.7) | 11 (45.8) | ||
| ≥ 11 | 24 (15.2) | 30 (8.4) | 9 (30.0) | ||
| N° siblings | 0.9 | 0.0014 | |||
| 0–2 | 60 (30.2) | 113 (31.5) | 55 (48.7) | ||
| 3–4 | 49 (24.6) | 77 (21.4) | 54 (70.1) | ||
| 5–6 | 35 (17.6) | 67 (18.7) | 43 (64.2) | ||
| ≥ 7 | 55 (27.6) | 102 (28.4) | 79 (77.5) | ||
| Day-care center childhood | 0.2 | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 11 (5,5) | 11 (3.1) | 10 (90.9) | ||
| No | 188 (94.5) | 348 (96.9) | 221 (63.5) |
1p of difference between test-compliers and test non-compliers according to the independent variables
2 prevalence among test-compliers
3p of the association between the independent variable and the prevalence of H. pylori infection
4test for linear trend