Table 2.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients before and after H. pylori eradication. Results are presented as mean ± SD.

	Before eradication	After eradication	P-value
BMI (kg/m2)	22.9±4.5	22.6±5.2	0.1
TC (mg/dL)	180.2±31.3	172.8±38.5	0.1
Tg (mg/dL)	80.2±30.2	92.6±49.6	0.2
HDL-C (mg/dL)	56.8±13.5	54.6±12.2	0.6
LDL-C (mg/dL)	111.7±33.1	104.5±31.2	0.1
hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.90±0.88	0.63±0.55	0.004
Fetuin-a (ng/mL)	28.7±7.7	36.8±16.9	0.007
MIF (ng/mL)	8.5±2.4	6.5±1.8	< 0.001