Clinical Study
Levofloxacin-Amoxicillin/Clavulanate-Rabeprazole versus a Standard Seven-Day Triple Therapy for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of participants.
| | | All () | LAcR () | CAR () | value |
| | Mean age (years) | 53.73 ± 13.29 | 52.82 ± 12.08 | 54.63 ± 14.42 | 0.413 | | Age < 60 years old, (%) | 98 (67.1) | 51 (69.9) | 47 (64.4) | | | Age ≧ 60 years old, (%) | 48 (32.9) | 22 (30.1) | 26 (35.6) | 0.481 | | Gender | | | | | | Male, (%) | 71 (48.6) | 38 (52.1) | 33 (45.2) | | | Female, (%) | 75 (51.4) | 35 (47.9) | 40 (54.8) | 0.408 | | Resident area | | | | | | Urban, (%) | 54 (37.0) | 30 (41.1) | 24 (32.9) | | | Rural, (%) | 92 (63.0) | 43 (58.9) | 49 (67.1) | 0.304 | | Endoscopic finding | | | | | | With peptic ulcer, (%) | 65 (44.5) | 30 (41.1) | 35 (47.9) | | | Without peptic ulcer, (%) | 81 (55.5) | 43 (58.9) | 38 (52.1) | 0.405 | | Follow-up method | | | | | | C13 urea breath test | 130 (89.0) | 65 (89.0) | 65 (89.0) | 0.881 | | CLO test | 9 (6.2) | 5 (6.9) | 4 (5.5) | | | Lost to follow up | 7 (4.8) | 3 (4.1) | 4 (5.5) | |
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