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. 2016 Aug 30;6:32334. doi: 10.1038/srep32334

Table 1. Participant characteristics by H. pylori infection statusa.

Characteristics H. pylori infection status
P valueb
No (n = 7429; 71.4%) Yes (n = 2978; 28.6%)
Sex (male %) 54.4 60.9 <0.0001
Age (y) 40.1 (39.8, 40.3)c 43.2 (42.8, 43.7) <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2) 24.3 (24.2, 24.4) 24.7 (24.6, 24.9) <0.0001
Physical activity (Mets × hours/week) 9.8 (9.5, 10.1) 10.5 (10.0, 11.1) 0.01
Energy intake (kcal/d) 2216.1 (2173.6, 2259.3) 2255.5 (2184.2, 2329.0) 0.36
Salt intake (gram/d) 10.9 (10.8, 11.0) 11.2 (11.1, 11.3) <0.0001
Metabolic syndromes (%) 25.9 30.7 <0.001
Type 2 diabetes (%) 5.7 6.9 0.03
Smoking status (%)
 Smoker 14.3 15.1 0.28
 Ex-smoker 4.9 5.5 0.16
Drinker (%)
 Everyday 4.1 5.4 <0.01
 Sometime 59.6 60.7 0.30
 Ex-drinker 7.8 7.7 0.90
Family history of diseases (%)
 CVD 30.6 31.8 0.22
 Hypertension 47.3 48.7 0.20
 Hyperlipidemia 0.4 0.4 0.60
 Diabetes 21.2 22.9 0.05
Education (≥ College graduate, %) 67.1 61.8 <0.0001
Household income (≥10,000 Yuan, %) 32.0 31.4 0.55
Living alone (yes, %) 9.5 8.7 0.18

aH. pylori, Helicobacter pylori; BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease.

bAnalysis of variance or chi-square test.

cGeometric mean (95% confidence interval) (all such values).