Table 3.

The association between H.p infection and iron, ferritin, and TIBC.

	H.p (−) (n = 660)	H.p (+) (n = 110)	P value
Mean iron (μg/dL)	95.28	94.41	0.824
Mean ferritin (ng/mL)	138.07	127.41	0.360
Mean IBC (μg/dL)	330.98	337.68	0.252
Iron < 30	15 (2.3%)	2 (1.8%)	0.765
Iron 30	645 (97.7%)	108 (98.2%)
TIBC > 400	63 (9.5%)	14 (12.7%)	0.301
TIBC < 400	597 (90.5%)	96 (87.3%)
Ferritin < 15	39 (5.9%)	7 (6.4%)	0.849
Ferritin > 15	621 (94.1%)	103 (93.6%)