Table 1. Comparison of demographics and comorbidity between gastric disease with H pylori eradication and controls.
| Control (N = 21788) | Early HP Eradication (N = 2721) | Late HP Eradication (N = 2726) | Total (N = 5447) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | p-value | |
| Age, year | 0.99 | ||||||||
| ≤49 | 10560 | 48.5 | 1518 | 55.8 | 1122 | 41.2 | 260 | 48.5 | |
| 50–65 | 7228 | 33.2 | 834 | 30.7 | 973 | 35.7 | 1807 | 33.2 | |
| ≥65 | 4000 | 18.4 | 369 | 13.6 | 631 | 23.2 | 1000 | 18.4 | |
| Mean (SD) # | 50.6 | 14.7 | 48.5 | 13.9 | 53.6 | 14.3 | 51.1 | 14.3 | 0.03 |
| Sex | 0.99 | ||||||||
| Female | 8528 | 39.1 | 1019 | 37.5 | 1113 | 40.8 | 2132 | 39.1 | |
| Male | 13260 | 60.9 | 1702 | 62.6 | 1613 | 59.2 | 3315 | 60.9 | |
| Comorbidity | |||||||||
| CAD | 2038 | 9.35 | 286 | 10.5 | 647 | 23.7 | 933 | 17.1 | <0.001 |
| Alcohol-related illness | 673 | 3.09 | 132 | 4.85 | 216 | 7.92 | 348 | 6.39 | <0.001 |
| Stroke | 621 | 2.85 | 64 | 2.35 | 116 | 4.26 | 180 | 3.30 | 0.08 |
| COPD | 1449 | 6.65 | 200 | 7.35 | 483 | 17.7 | 683 | 12.5 | <0.001 |
| Asthma | 957 | 4.39 | 127 | 4.67 | 288 | 10.6 | 415 | 7.62 | <0.001 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 26 | 0.12 | 6 | 0.22 | 7 | 0.26 | 13 | 0.24 | 0.04 |
| Medication | |||||||||
| Steroid used | 820 | 3.76 | 117 | 4.30 | 269 | 9.87 | 386 | 7.09 | <0.001 |
Chi-square test compared to total gallstone
#Two sample t-test.