Table 1.

Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

	Total (n = 35)	H. pylori patients (n = 19)	Control (n = 16)
Sex, n (%)
Male	19 (54)	13 (68)	6 (38)
Female	16 (46)	6 (32)	10 (62)
Age, n (%)
18-40	15 (43)	3 (16)	12 (75)
> 40	20 (57)	16 (84)	4 (25)
Highest education, n (%)
Less than high school	2 (6)	2 (11)	0 (0)
High school	12 (34)	11 (58)	1 (6)
Undergraduate	4 (11)	2 (11)	2 (13)
Graduate	15 (43)	3 (16)	12 (75)
Post-graduate	1 (3)	0 (0)	1 (6)
Race, n (%)
African American	8 (23)	6 (32)	2 (12)
Asian American	2 (6)	0 (0)	2 (12)
Caucasian	13 (37)	1 (5)	12 (75)
Non-White Hispanic	8 (23)	8 (42)	0 (0)
Other	3 (9)	3 (16)	0 (0)
Smoker	5 (14)	4 (21)	1 (6)
Past H. pylori treatment	1 (3)	1 (5)	0 (0)
Duodenal ulcer	1 (3)	1 (5)	0 (0)
Non-ulcer dyspepsia	14 (40)	10 (53)	4 (25)

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.