Clinical Study
Influence of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Metabolic Syndrome in Old Chinese People
Table 1
Characteristics of study subjects according to the H. pylori infection.
| | Variables | H. pylori negative () | H. pylori positive () | value |
| | Age | 71.89 ± 11.07 | 75.00 ± 10.80 | 0.055 | | Male, (%) | 74 (66.67) | 59 (73.75) | 0.295 | | SBP (mmHg) | 132.79 ± 13.33 | 131.58 ± 14.19 | 0.547 | | DBP (mmHg) | 74.06 ± 8.23 | 75.74 ± 9.66 | 0.200 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.10 ± 2.74 | 24.31 ± 2.70 | 0.003 | | Metabolic syndrome, (%) | 42 (37.84) | 43 (53.75) | 0.001 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.22 ± 1.15 | 4.36 ± 0.88 | 0.383 | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.34 ± 0.81 | 1.21 ± 0.52 | 0.221 | | Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 5.66 ± 1.40 | 6.20 ± 1.80 | 0.022 | | Creatinine (mol/L) | 101.54 ± 34.79 | 100.65 ± 24.23 | 0.845 | | BUN (mmol/L) | 6.03 ± 2.26 | 6.27 ± 1.90 | 0.443 | | Hypertension, (%) | 32 (28.83) | 19 (23.75) | 0.435 | | Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 19 (17.12) | 21 (26.25) | 0.135 |
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