Table 1. Baseline characteristics of study population.

Parameter	Concomitant therapy (N = 69)	Hybrid therapy (N = 71)	P
Male gender	37 (53.6)	44 (62.0)	0.319a
Age (years)	61.6 ± 13.1	59.5 ± 12.1	0.317b
Smoking	17 (24.6)	17 (23.9)	0.924a
Alcohol consumption	12 (17.4)	14 (19.7)	0.724a
Endoscopic findings
Gastritis	53 (76.8)	56 (78.8)	0.983c
Gastric ulcer	10 (14.5)	10 (14.1)
Duodenal ulcer	5 (7.2)	4 (5.6)
Duodenitis	1 (1.4)	1 (1.4)

Data are presented as whole number and percentage or mean ± standard deviation

^a Chi-squared test

^b t-test for independent samples

^c Fisher's exact test