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. 2010 Feb 3;10:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-10-14

Table 1.

H. pylori prevalence in dyspeptic Kuwaiti patients by age and gender.

Age group Female Male Total P value
Young (<30 years) 38% (16/42) 10.5% (2/19) 29.5% 0.008
Middle aged (30-49 years) 50% (24/48) 48.5% (16/33) 48.2% 0.92
Elderly (>50 years) 39% (11/28) 63% (12/19) 40.6% 0.18
All 43.2% (51/118) 42.2% (30/78) 0.99