Table 3.

Correlation Analysis of Lipid Profile with Predictors in H. pylori Positive Subjects (N =‎‎173 (46.9%)) Among Adult ‎patients at JUMC, Jimma, Ethiopia

Predictors	TC		TG		HDL-C		LDL-C
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	P
Age	0.044	0.566	0.068	0.374	−0.155	0.131	0.049	0.520
Sex	−0.006	0.939	−0.064	0.404	0.108	0.158	−0.003	0.967
Physical exercise	−0.091	0.234	−0.131	0.085	−0.081	0.290	−0.033	0.664
Weight	0.399	0.000	0.396	0.000	0.024	0.756	0.304	0.000
BMI	0.432	0.000	0.382	0.000	0.012	0.875	0.351	0.000
WC	0.320	0.000	0.254	0.001	0.089	0.245	0.253	0.001
Smoking	−0.054	0.483	0.029	0.704	0.099	0.196	−0.097	0.204
Khat chewing	−0.016	0.837	0.024	0.752	0.084	0.274	−0.046	0.552
Alcohol drinking	−0.092	0.229	−0.024	0.752	−0.010	0.898	−0.095	0.214
SBP	0.029	0.706	−0.104	0.174	0.019	0.802	0.067	0.378
DBP	0.102	0.183	0.082	0.282	0.100	0.192	0.059	0.444
Duration of gastritis	−0.106	0.164	−0.073	0.338	−0.125	0.100	−0.063	0.411

Abbreviations: JUMC, Jimma University Medical Center; r, Pearson correlation coefficient; p,P-value for correlation; TC, Total Cholesterol; TG, Triglyceride; LDL-C, Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol; HDL-C, High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; BMI, body max index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; WC, waist circumference; H. pylori, Helicobacter pylori.