Table 2.
Demographic, non-Helicobacter pylori bacterial colonization and clinical characteristics of 103 patients
| Diseases | Enrolled patients (n) | Age (yr)1 | Gender (male:female) | Colonized patients |
| Duodenal ulcer | 42 | 39 (20-56) | 2:1 | 28 (66.7%) |
| Gastric ulcer | 21 | 42 (20-62) | 0.75:1 | 9 (42.9%) |
| Gastritis | 23 | 39 (10-75) | 0.44:1 | 13 (56.5%) |
| Non-ulcer dyspepsia | 13 | 34 (22-57) | 0.63:1 | 13 (100%)a |
| Reflux esophagitis | 4 | 52 (41-63) | 1:1 | 4 (100%) |
| Total | 103 | 39 (10-75) | 0.96:1 | 67 (65.0%) |
| P value | 0.0792 | 0.0743 | 0.00284 |
1
Data are expressed as median (range);
2
By analysis of variance;
3
By χ2 test;
4
By Fisher exact test;
a
P = 0.00006 vs gastric ulcer group by Bonferroni method.