Table 2.

Characteristics of categorical variables of all participants based on H. pylori infection.

Variables	H. pylori (+)	H. pylori (−)	P value
Number (women/man)	114/475	279/999	0.223
BMD	287 (48.7%)	613 (48.0%)	0.765
NAFLD	199 (33.8%)	397 (31.1%)	0.241
ALT	35 (5.9%)	58 (4.5%)	0.195
Cholesterol	74 (12.6%)	134 (10.5%)	0.185
TG	161 (27.3%)	314 (24.6%)	0.202
HDL-C	103 (17.5%)	194 (15.2%)	0.205
LDL-C	145 (24.6%)	320 (25.0%)	0.845
Creatinine	8 (1.4%)	14 (1.1%)	0.625
Urea nitrogen	20 (3.4%)	28 (2.2%)	0.126
Uric acid	99 (16.8%)	174 (13.6%)	0.070
Fasting plasma glucose	81 (13.8%)	109 (8.5%)	0.001※
Postprandial blood sugar	142 (24.1%)	287 (22.5%)	0.430

※ represents P value less than 0.05 between H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative groups.