Table 5.

Predictive value of patient's symptoms for H. pylori infection (multivariate analysis).

Variable	95% confidence
	Odds ratio	Interval	p value
Abdominal pain	1.11	0.57–1.41	0.64
Gastrointestinal bleeding	0.91	0.40–2.08	0.83
Vomiting	0.64	0.25–1.63	0.35
Diarrhea	0.28	0.07–1.06	0.06
Iron deficiency anemia	1.15	0.72–1.86	0.54

Significance is set at p < 0.05.