Table 1.

Demographic data and endoscopic findings of the two patient groups

	Culture-guided therapy (n=39, %)	Empirical therapy (n=24, %)	P-value
Age (years), mean ± SD	58.7±10.4	58.3±10.0	0.869
Sex (men/women)	13/26 (33.3/66.7)	10/14 (41.7/58.3)	0.512
Smoking	4 (10.3)	1 (4.2)	0.557
Alcohol consumption	6 (15.4)	3 (12.5)	0.755
History of peptic ulcers	18 (46.2)	13 (54.2)	0.293
Endoscopic findings
Gastritis	14 (35.9)	13 (54.1)	0.063
Gastric ulcer	15 (38.5)	10 (41.7)
Duodenal ulcer	8 (20.5)	0
Gastric and duodenal ulcer	2 (5.1)	1 (4.2)