Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Standard-dose (n = 100)	Half-dose (n = 100)	p-value
Age	47.3 ± 17.2	44.7 ± 15.5	0.264
Body mass index	26.8 ± 5.5	25.6 ± 4.3	0.086
Male gender	48	57	0.203
Smoking	48	51	0.671
Prior macrolide use	16	15	0.845
Current PPI use	42	34	0.221

Values are mean ± SD or n.

PPI, proton pump inhibitor.