Table 1.
Gender, mean age, kind of feeding, duration of breastfeeding, symptoms and signs, concomitant diseases in the case and control groups
| Case group (HP positive) | Control group (HP negative) | Total | P value or Exact | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of feeding | Breast milk | Formula | Breast milk | Formula | 154 | 0.041 | |
| 64 (83.1%) | 13 (16.9%) | 72 (93.5%) | 5 (6.5%) | ||||
| Gender | Female | 31 (20.1%) | 6 (3.9%) | 33(21.4%) | 2(1.3%) | 72(46.75%) | 0.71 |
| Male | 33 (21.4%) | 7 (4.5%) | 39(25.3%) | 3(1.9%) | 82(53.25%) | ||
| Mean age (year) | 8.1 | 6 | 6.2 | 8 | 0.0061 | ||
| P=0.03 | P=0.2 | ||||||
| Duration of breastfeeding (months) | 15 | 11.75 | 0.41 | ||||
| Symptoms and signs | Abdominal pain | 49 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 105 | 0.21 |
| GI bleeding | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0.71 | |
| Vomiting | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 0.21 | |
| FTT | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 0.0491 | |
| Presence of concomitant non-debilitating diseases | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0.52 | |
1
Pearson's χ 2 test
2
Fisher's exact test
FTT: Failure to Thrive / HP: Helicobacter pylori