Table 3.

Percent distribution of lifestyle characteristics of participants

	Overall n = 294	H. pylori (−) n = 140	H. pylori (+) n = 154	p-value
Cigarette smoking
Non Smoker	213 (72.4)	109 (51.2)	104 (48.8)	0.074
Current Smoker	81 (27.6)	32 (39.5)	49 (60.5)
1–10 cigarettes/day	27 (9.2)	15 (55.6)	12 (44.4)	0.094
11–20 cigarettes/day	37 (12.6)	12 (32.4)	25 (67.6)
>  20 cigarettes/day	18 (6.1)	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)
Duration of smoking (years)	15.74 ± 10.15	15.91 ± 10.14	15.63 ± 10.26	0.904
Waterpipe smoking
Non Smoker	226 (76.9)	108 (47.8)	118 (52.2)	0.915
Current Smoker	68 (23.1)	33 (48.5)	35 (51.5)
Daily	28 (9.5)	12 (42.9)	16 (57.1)	0.281
Weekly or monthly	15 (5.1)	10 (66.7)	5 (33.3)
Occasionally	25 (8.5)	11 (44.0)	14 (56.0)
Alcohol consumption
Non drinker	192 (65.3)	92 (47.9)	100 (52.1)	0.984
Current drinker	102 (34.7)	49 (48.0)	53 (52.0)
One to several times a week	19 (6.5)	12 (63.2)	7 (36.8)	0.144
One to several times a month	83 (28.2)	37 (44.6)	46 (55.4)
Duration of drinking	11.94 ± 8.04	11.55 ± 7.37	12.30 ± 8.68	0.650
Feeling tense or stressed out
Not at all	46 (15.6)	21 (45.7)	25 (54.3)	0.455
Occasionally	73 (24.8)	30 (41.1)	43 (58.9)
A lot of times	57 (19.4)	31 (54.4)	26 (45.6)
Most of the time	118 (40.1)	59 (50.0)	59 (50.0)
Sleep per night
<  7 h per day	136 (46.3)	63 (46.3)	73 (53.7)	0.602
≥ 7 h per day	158 (53.7)	78 (49.4)	80 (50.6)
Physical activity
< once per week	227 (77.2)	109 (48.0)	118 (52.0)	0.924
Once per week	31 (10.5)	14 (45.2)	17 (54.8)
≥ twice per week	36 (12.2)	18 (50.0)	18 (50.0)
Physical activity intensity
None	21 (7.1)	11 (52.4)	10 (47.6)	0.090
Light	151 (51.4)	62 (41.1)	89 (58.9)
Moderate	94 (32.0)	54 (57.4)	40 (42.6)
Vigorous	28 (9.5)	14 (50.0)	14 (50.0)