Table 4.

Characteristics of categorical variables of patients diagnosed as osteoporosis based on H. pylori infection.

Variables	H. pylori (+)	H. pylori (−)	P value
Number (women/man)	57/230	151/462	0.119
ALT	20 (7.0%)	29 (4.7%)	0.168
Cholesterol	41 (14.3%)	67 (10.9%)	0.149
TG	82 (28.6%)	149 (24.3%)	0.172
HDL-C	54 (18.8%)	76 (12.4%)	0.011※
LDL-C	75 (26.1%)	166 (27.1%)	0.765
Urea nitrogen	14 (4.9%)	15 (2.4%)	0.054
Creatinine	5 (1.7%)	9 (1.5%)	0.757
Uric acid	44 (15.3%)	80 (13.1%)	0.355
Fasting plasma glucose	43 (15.0%)	59 (9.6%)	0.018※
Postprandial blood sugar	70 (24.4%)	156 (25.4%)	0.733

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