Table 2:

Prevalence of H. pylori infection based on duration of breast milk feeding and gender

Duration of breast milk feeding	No of patients
	Total in each age group	Positive test in each age group	Female patients with positive test	No of male patients with positive test
No breastfeeding	91	61 (67%)	31/48 (64.6%)	30/43 (69.8%)
1–6 months	13	12 (92.3%)	4/4(100%)	8/9 (88.9%)
7–12 months	6	3 (50%)	2/2 (100%)	1/4 (25%)
13–18 months	8	8 (100%)	4/4 (100%)	4/4 (100%)
≥19 months	103	70 (68%)	36/47 (76.6%)	34/56 (60.7%)
Total	221	154 (69.7%)	77/105 (73.3%)	77/116 (66.4%)