Table 2.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the studied type 2 diabetes mellitus and helthy controls

Charecteristics	T2DM patients (n=529), n (%)	Control subject (n=529), n (%)	P
IgA > 250 titre
H. pylori positive	268 (50.7)	202 (38.2)	<0.001
H. pylori negative	261 (49.3)	361 (61.8)
H. pylori positive by gender
Male	173 (64.5)	91 (45.0)	0.001
Female	95 (35.5)	111 (55.0)	0.001
IgG > 300 titre
H. pylori positive	389 (73.5)	327 (61.8)	0.001
H. pylori negative	140 (26.5)	202 (38.2)
H. pylori positive by gender
Male	216 (55.5)	166 (50.8)	0.209
Female	173 (44.4)	161 (49.2)	0.200

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus