Table 2.

Distribution of H. pylori infection in the study population

Ethnic group	Male	Female	Odds radio	Confidence intervals
Nyarwanda
H.pylori -ve	1	12	0.007	0.00 – 0.73
H.pylori +ve	10	8
Nkole
H.pylori -ve	13	6	0.042	0.09 – 1.82
H.pylori +ve	10	11
Ganda
H.pylori -ve	8	11	1.0	1.00 – 4.48
H.pylori +ve	8	11