Table 2.

Unadjusted and age-adjusted associations of H. pylori infection and peptic disease with metabolic syndrome^a.

	Total	Metabolic syndrome percentage (weighted)	OR (95% CI)	Age-adjusted ORMH (95% CI)	P valueb
H. pylori infection					<0.001
Negative	70,971	11.0%	Reference	Reference
Positive	76,965	11.8%	1.07 (1.04–1.11)	1.18 (1.14–1.22)
Gastric ulcer					<0.001
No	144,783	11.3%	Reference	Reference
Yes	3153	16.2%	1.52 (1.38–1.67)	1.22 (1.10–1.34)
Duodenal ulcer					<0.001
No	137,570	11.1%	Reference	Reference
Yes	10,366	15.2%	1.44 (1.36–1.52)	1.11 (1.05–1.17)

^aCI: confidence intervals; OR: odds ratio; UBT: urea breath test.

^bP value by Cochran’s Mantel-Haenszel test.