Table 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with H. pylori vs. control subjects. Results are presented as means ± SD.

	H. pylori (n = 30)	Control (n = 30)	P value
BMI (kg/m2)	22.9±4.5	23.7±3.1	0.4
Age (yr)	29.1±7.5	29.1±5.8	0.9
Glucose (mg/dL)	87±8.5	86.3±9.4	0.7
TC (mg/dL)	180.2±31.3	188.3±38.6	0.4
Tg (mg/dL)	80.2±30.2	95.2±35.2	0.1
HDL-C (mg/dL)	56.8±13.5	51.5±9.5	0.1
LDL-C (mg/dL)	111.7±33.1	105.5±33.0	0.4
hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.90±0.88	0.52±0.27	0.028
Fetuin-a (ng/mL)	28.7±7.7	50.1±20.9	< 0.001
MIF (ng/mL)	8.5±2.4	5.1±1.5	< 0.001