Table 1.

Demographics of endoscopy and urea breath test patients

	Endoscopy	UBT	P value	95%CI
Total	n = 389	n = 227
Mean age (SD)	52.3 (16.4)	39.6 (12.6)	< 0.001	10.22-15.18
Male	42.2% (n = 164)	30.4% (n = 69)	< 0.005	3.68-19.60
Primary H. pylori infection	14.7% (n = 57)	33.0% (n = 75)	< 0.001	11.07-25.65
Mean age (SD)	48.4 (14.9)	41.4 (13.0)	< 0.005	2.19-11.81
Male	52.6% (n = 30)	33.3% (n = 25)	0.03	1.23-36.29