Table 3. Changes in the Platelet Count Between Pre- and Post-Helicobacter pylori Eradication.
| Factors | Classification | Platelet count |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-eradication | Post-eradication | |||
| Age | ≥ 70 years (N = 8) | 10.3 ± 2.9 | 11.1 ± 4.4 | 0.273 |
| < 70 years (N = 11) | 8.2 ± 2.7 | 9.2 ± 2.6 | 0.116 | |
| Sex | Male (N = 10) | 9.6 ± 3.2 | 11.3 ± 4.4 | 0.125 |
| Female (N = 9) | 8.9 ± 2.8 | 9.3 ± 2.9 | 0.253 | |
| Platelet count before treatment | ≥ 800 × 103/µL (N = 10) | 8.2 ± 2.7 | 9.2 ± 2.6 | 0.116 |
| < 800 × 103/µL (N = 9) | 7.2 ± 1.2 | 8.0 ± 1.8 | 0.188 | |
| Splenomegaly | Present (N = 6) | 7.9 ± 2.8 | 8.5 ± 2.7 | 0.593 |
| Absent (N = 13) | 9.8 ± 2.8 | 11.0 ± 3.7 | 0.040 | |
| Previous interferon treatment | Present (N = 6) | 9.3 ± 2.4 | 9.5 ± 2.8 | 0.343 |
| Absent (N = 13) | 9.2 ± 3.2 | 10.4 ± 4.0 | 0.081 | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | Present (N = 11) | 8.8 ± 3.3 | 10.0 ± 4.1 | 0.137 |
| Absent (N = 8) | 9.7 ± 2.4 | 10.3 ± 3.1 | 0.230 | |