Table 1. The Baseline Characteristics of Participants .

	Lifestyle modification plus Helicobacter pylori eradication	Lifestyle modification	P value
Age, mean ± SD, y	43.8 ± 11.3	43.1 ± 11.7	0.7
Gender			0.5
Male	22	27
Female	26	23
Diabetes mellitus			0.5
Present	22	22
Absent	26	28