Table 4.

H. pylori infection status and gastroduodenal disease diagnosed by histopathological examination among the study population (n = 143)

Histopathological finding	H. pylori-positive cases, n (%)	H. pylori-negative cases, n (%)	All patients, n = 143 (%)	p-value
Chronic gastritis	31 (30.7)	70 (69.3)	101 (70.63)	0.390
Chronic gastric ulcer	7 (36.8)	12 (63.2)	19 (13.28)	0.882
Duodenal ulcer	5 (55.5)	4 (44.5)	9 (6.30)	0.134
Intestinal metaplasia	2 (50.0)	2 (50.0)	4 (2.80)	0.459
Gastric carcinoma	1 (33.3)	2 (66.7)	3 (2.09)	0.986
Normal dyspeptic	1 (14.3)	6 (85.7)	7 (4.90)	0.283