Table 2. Association of anti HP treatment on BMI and nutritional factors of HP positive patients (Group 2).

variables	Before treatment	After 6 months treatment	P value
BMI( kg/m2)	25.02±4.4	24.4±4.4	0.001**
Alb(mg/dL)	4.2±0.6	3.7± 0.5	<0.001
TG(g/ dL)	140.1±76.4	155.7±99.3	0.2*
Chol(mg/ dL)	179.7±41.8	159.9±36.2	0.001
BUN(mg/ dL)	90±45.1	67.5±16.4	0.005*
Cr(mg/ dL)	10.1±3.2	9.6±2.8	0.32
Hb(g/ dL)	10.7±2.2	11.6±1.7	0.03
Ca(mg/ dL)	9.7±1.1	9.2±0.9	0.02
P(mg/ dL)	6.2±3.1	5.8±1.7	0.48

*Wilcoxon signed test

**repeated measure test