Table A1.

Regression results for Helicobacter Pylori presence (n = 24,050), vitamin D as continuous variable.

	Estimate	Std. Error	z Value	Pr(>|z|)
Intercept	0.606679	0.060017	10.108	<2*10−16
VITAMIN D	−0.014985	0.001388	−10.796	<2*10−16
Prior Hypertension	−0.213496	0.051550	−4.142	3.45*10−5
Prior Hypothyriodism	−0.283841	0.048583	−5.842	5.15*10−9
Creatinine	−0.356375	0.077802	−4.581	4.64*10−6
Gender (male)	0.122431	0.031235	3.920	8.87*10−5

* as it is a symbol for level of significance which is stated.