Table 1.

Demographic characteristics between negative and positive H.p infection groups.

	H.p (−) (n = 762)	H.p (+) (n = 120)	P value
Age(years)
Mean ± SD	57.6 ± 12.7	57.5 ± 12.4	0.936
Sex			0.939
Male	302 (39.6%)	48 (40%)
Female	460 (60.4%)	72 (60%)
Smoking	63 (8.3%)	12 (10%)	0.528
Hypertension	184 (24.1%)	30 (25%)	0.84
Cerebrovascular disease	65 (8.5%)	8 (6.7%)	0.492

*H.p (−) as negative H.p infection and H.p (+) as positive H.p infection.