Clinical Study

Helicobacter pylori Infection and Light Chain Gammopathy

Table 1

Patient demographics.

CharacteristicResult

Total patients22
Sex, %
 Men68.2
 Women31.8
Age (mean), years51.9
Age (range), years30–85
Confirmed H. Pylori microbiologic cure*, %90.9%

microbiological cure was confirmed by a positive stool antigen test via an enzyme immunoassay by the laboratories at Quest or LabCorp.