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. 2017 Oct 30;23(4):504–516. doi: 10.5056/jnm17066

Table 2.

The Results of Meta-analysis for the Effects of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Functional Dyspepsia

Studies Treatment Control OR 95% lower CI 95% upper CI Weights P-value


Improved patients (n) Total (n) Proportion Improved patients (n) Total (n) Proportion
Ang et al,22 2006 45 71 0.634 40 59 0.678 0.822 0.397 1.704 3.8
Blum et al,23 1998 45 164 0.274 34 164 0.207 1.446 0.868 2.408 7.8
Froehlich et al,25 2001 15 92 0.163 13 88 0.148 1.124 0.501 2.521 3.1
Gisbert et al,26 2004 21 34 0.618 8 16 0.500 1.615 0.487 5.361 1.4
Gwee et al,27 2009 10 41 0.244 3 41 0.073 4.086 1.034 16.155 1.1
Hsu et al,28 2001 47 81 0.580 44 80 0.550 1.131 0.606 2.110 5.2
Koskenpato et al,29 2001 16 77 0.208 11 74 0.149 1.502 0.646 3.496 2.8
Mazzoleni et al,31 2011 94 201 0.468 72 203 0.355 1.598 1.072 2.383 12.7
Mazzoleni et al,30 2006 16 46 0.348 9 45 0.200 2.133 0.825 5.514 2.2
McColl et al,32 1998 33 160 0.206 11 158 0.070 3.472 1.686 7.152 3.9
Sodhi et al,33 2013 95 259 0.367 72 260 0.277 1.513 1.044 2.192 14.7
Talley et al,34 1999 32 133 0.241 31 142 0.218 1.135 0.646 1.991 6.4
Talley et al,35 1999 69 170 0.406 71 167 0.425 0.924 0.599 1.425 10.7
Veldhuyzen van Zanten et al,36 2003 44 75 0.587 46 82 0.561 1.111 0.590 2.093 5.0
Bruley Des Varannes et al,24 2001 55 129 0.426 38 124 0.306 1.682 1.003 2.821 7.5
Yazdanbod et al,37 2015 87 186 0.468 83 173 0.480 0.953 0.630 1.443 11.7
Total (Fixed effect model) 1.334 1.157 1.537 100.0 < 0.01

P-value of test of heterogeneity among studies = 0.152; Higgins’ I2 = 27.0% (0.0%, 60.0%).