Table 2.

Eradication rates in different subgroups

Characteristic	Group	Total number	Eradicated number (%)
Completion of study	All patients	396	272 (68.7%)
	Completed study	379	272 (71.8%)
Gender	Male	214	147 (68.7%)
	Female	165	125 (75.8%)
Smoking	Yes	147	103 (70.1%)
	No	232	169 (72.8%)
Aspirin use	Yes	53	40 (75.5%)
	No	326	232 (71%)
NSAID use	Yes	75	50 (73.3%)
	No	304	217 (71.4%)
Peptic ulcer H. pylori gastritis	—	94	68 (72.3%)
	—	285	204 (71.6%)

Note: Statistically significant difference was not present between the groups.