Table 2.
Age and sex distribution of study population
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 143) |
H. pylori (+) (n = 47) |
H. pylori (−) (n = 96) |
p-value |
| Age, mean years (%) | 42.33 ± 14.30 | 44.03 ± 16.20 | 41.48 ± 13.31 | 0.260 |
| Age group | ||||
| ≤ 20 | 7 (4.22) | 2 (4.3) | 5 (5.2) | 0.960 |
| 21–30 | 23 (16.08) | 7 (14.9) | 16 (16.7) | |
| 31–40 | 25 (17.48) | 9 (19.1) | 16 (16.7) | |
| 41–50 | 39 (27.27) | 12 (25.5) | 27 (28.1) | |
| 51–60 | 25 (17.48) | 10 (21.3) | 15 (15.6) | |
| > 60 | 24 (16.78) | 7 (14.9) | 17 (17.7) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 72 (50.35) | 22 (46.80) | 50 (52.08) | 0.553 |
| Female | 71 (49.65) | 25 (53.20) | 46 (47.92) | |