Clinical Study
Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Tepehuanos Aged 15 Years and Older in Durango, Mexico
Table 2
Bivariate analysis of selected behavioral characteristics of Tepehuanos and seroprevalence of H. pylori infection.
| Characteristic | No. of subjects testeda |
Prevalence of H. pylori infection | value | No. | % |
| Cats at home | | | | | Yes | 80 | 52 | 65 | 0.78 | No | 76 | 51 | 67.1 | | Raising animalsb | | | | | Yes | 130 | 86 | 66.2 | 0.94 | No | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | | Eating outside home | | | | | Never | 33 | 26 | 78.8 | 0.06 | From 1 to 10 times a year | 99 | 59 | 59.6 | | More than 10 times a year | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | | Meat consumption | | | | | Yes | 153 | 103 | 67.3 | 0.03 | No | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Frequency of meat consumption | | | | | Never | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | Up to 3 times a week | 148 | 100 | 67.6 | | 4–7 times a week | 4 | 3 | 75 | | Raw cow milk consumption | | | | | Yes | 106 | 69 | 65.1 | 0.59 | No | 49 | 34 | 69.4 | | Unwashed raw vegetables | | | | | Yes | 62 | 40 | 64.5 | 0.67 | No | 93 | 63 | 67.7 | | Unwashed raw fruits | | | | | Yes | 85 | 56 | 65.9 | 0.86 | No | 70 | 47 | 67.1 | | Untreated water | | | | | Yes | 128 | 84 | 65.6 | 0.63 | No | 27 | 19 | 70.3 | | Traveled abroad | | | | | Yes | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 1 | No | 149 | 98 | 65.8 | | National trips | | | | | Yes | 60 | 42 | 70 | 0.38 | No | 95 | 60 | 63.2 | | Soil contact | | | | | Yes | 142 | 95 | 66.9 | 0.76 | No | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | | Floor at home | | | | | Ceramic | 21 | 14 | 66.7 | 0.73 | Concrete | 57 | 40 | 70.2 | | Soil | 77 | 49 | 63.6 | |
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Sums may not add up to 156 because of missing values.
bRaising of any kind of animals.
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