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. 2018 Sep 17;33(2):e22674. doi: 10.1002/jcla.22674

Table 2.

Optimized 13C‐urea breath test threshold level in the tested population

N (%) Cutoff (DOB) H. pylori‐positive H. pylori‐negative
N (%) Mean DOB (SD) N (%) Mean DOB (SD)
All 234831 (100) 2.74 112310 (47.8) 19.54 (14.95) 122521 (52.2) 0.66 (0.51)
Male 87291 (37.2) 2.23 42604 (48.8) 15.29 (13.26) 44687 (51.2) 0.56 (0.44)
Female 147540 (62.8) 3.05 69979 (47.4) 22.06 (15.34) 77561 (52.6) 0.71 (0.53)

DOB, delta over baseline; SD, standard deviation.