Table 1.

General characteristics of a population.

Classification	CAP group	Control group	p value
Gender (male/female)	190/125	158/49	<0.001a
			<0.001a
Age	57.27 ± 10.4	53.2 ± 7.75
Male (≥50/<50)	139/51	102/56	0.083
Female (≥50/<50)	111/14	34/15	0.002
H. pylori infection (positive/negative)	119/196	44/163	<0.001a
BMI	24.96 ± 3.65	23.57 ± 3.96	<0.001a
Cholesterol	4.56 ± 0.9	4.69 ± 0.85	0.092
Triglycerides	1.6 ± 1.07	1.43 ± 0.97	0.069
Blood sugar	5.66 ± 1.65	5.16 ± 0.66	<0.001a

^aRepresents a p value less of than 0.05 between the CAP group and control group.