Table 6.
Pearson Product-Moment coefficients for correlation analysis by site between H. pylori, and biological and environmental parameters
| Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | Site 5 | Site 6 | Site 7 | |
| Fecal Coliform | -0.0065 | -0.2405 | -0.1881 | 0.0005 | 0.0623 | 0.022 |
| 0.9752 | 0.2468 | 0.3679 | 0.998 | 0.7724 | 0.9167 | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | |
| Total Coliform | 0.1202 | -0.2375 | 0.2339 | 0.203 | -0.2082 | 0.1187 |
| 0.567 | 0.2529 | 0.2604 | 0.3199 | 0.3289 | 0.572 | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | |
| E. coli | -0.0094 | -0.0507 | 0.1142 | -0.4742 | 0.0259 | -0.0921 |
| 0.9755 | 0.8756 | 0.7102 | 0.1405 | 0.9432 | 0.7647 | |
| 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | |
| Chemical Toxicity | -0.1733 | -0.2405 | -0.2019 | -0.0709 | 0.2174 | 0.022 |
| 0.4074 | 0.2468 | 0.333 | 0.7307 | 0.3073 | 0.9167 | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | |
| Specific conductivity | -0.0242 | -0.2117 | -0.1239 | 0.2298 | -0.2479 | 0.0746 |
| 0.9239 | 0.3843 | 0.6131 | 0.3297 | 0.3374 | 0.7544 | |
| 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | |
| pH | 0.2534 | 0.5685 | 0.3308 | 0.3344 | 0.1358 | 0.162 |
| 0.3102 | 0.0111** | 0.1665 | 0.1495 | 0.6032 | 0.4949 | |
| 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | |
| Temperature | 0.0035 | 0.2599 | 0.1441 | 0.0722 | 0.32 | -0.2654 |
| 0.9884 | 0.2427 | 0.522 | 0.7433 | 0.1817 | 0.2449 | |
| 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 21 | |
Values are Pearson Correlation Coefficients/Probability |R| under Ho: Rho = O/Number of Observations. **Probability of 95% of greater level of significance