Table 5.

Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and smoking and drinking

	Subjects (n)	H. pylori positive(n)	H. pylori infection rate (%)	P value
Consuming alcohol				0.147
Not drinking	738	330	44.7
Drinking	292	149	51.0
Quitting drinking	46	19	41.3
Total	1076	498
Smoking				0.033
Not smoking	767	346	45.1a
Smoking	210	114	54.2
Quitting smoking	104	43	41.3
Total	1081	503

^aP < 0.05. H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.