Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Infection among Children Aged 1 to 15 Years at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, South Western Uganda

Table 2

Risk factors for H. pylori infection.

variable		H. pylori result		Chi square test	P value
		Positive	Negative
sex	Male	36	106	0.15	0.7
	Female	38	124
School attendance	Yes	68	174	9.05	0.003
	No	6	56
Source of school drinking water	Safe	58	205	5.55	0.02
	Unsafe	16	25
Sanitary facility at school	Yes	59	197	1.48	0.2
	No	15	33
Sanitary facility at home	Yes	52	209	19.56	<0.001
	No	22	21
Family history of PUD	Yes	39	101	1.74	0.2
	No	35	129
Family history of cancer of stomach	Yes	21	67	0.02	0.9
	No	53	163
Source of home drinking water	Safe	46	182	8.6	0.003
	Unsafe	28	48
Overcrowding in the family	Yes	59	122	16.6	<0.001
	No	15	108

PUD: peptic ulcer disease.