Table 3.

Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and H. pylori status of the study population

Variable	H. pylori (+) (N = 132) (%)	H. pylori (−) (N = 73) (%)	X2; P value
Age (years)			4.057; 0.398
35–44	35 (74.46)	12 (25.53)
45–54	28 (57.14)	21 (42.85)
55–64	46 (61.33)	29 (38.66)
65–74	19 (65.51)	10 (34.48)
75–84	4 (80)	1 (20)
Sex			0.6953; 0.404
Female	79 (62.20)	48 (37.79)
Male	53 (67.94)	25 (32.05)
Origin
West	77 (62.60)	46 (37.39)
Littoral	35 (67.30)	17 (32.69)
Center, East and South	15 (60)	10 (40)
South and North West	2 (100)	0 (0)
Far Nord, North and Adamawa	2 (100)	0 (0)
Others countries	1 (100)	0 (0)