Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Tepehuanos Aged 15 Years and Older in Durango, Mexico

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of Tepehuanos and seroprevalence of H. pylori infection.

Characteristic	No. of subjects tested^a	Prevalence of H. pylori infection		𝑃 value
		No.	%
Gender
Male	68	48	70.6	0.29
Female	88	55	62.5
Age groups (years)
15–30	98	54	55.1	0.002
31–40	19	16	84.2
41–50	13	13	100.0
51–60	15	11	73.3
61–70	6	6	100.0
71–89	4	2	50.0
Birth place
Durango State	153	102	66.7	0.62
Other Mexican state	2	1	50.0
Residence area
Urban	13	8	61.5	0.74
Rural	141	93	66.0
Educational level
Up to 6 years of education	74	61	82.4	0.00001
7 or more years of education	81	41	50.6
Occupation
Laborer^b	68	56	82.4	0.0001
Nonlaborer^c	88	47	53.4
Socioeconomic level
Low	147	95	64.6	0.26
Medium	8	7	87.5

aSubjects with available data.
^bEmployee, construction worker, business, factory worker, others.
^cHousewife, student, or neither.