Dentists Are at a Higher Risk for Oral Helicobacter pylori Infection
Table 4
Detection frequency of oral H. pylori in subgrouped volunteers.
Dentist
Nondentist
value
value
Total
Positive
Total
Positive
Washing hand before eating and after toilet
Sometimes
2
1 (50.0%)
5
0 (0.0)
1.708
0.088
Always
28
6 (21.4%)
40
2 (0.5%)
2.069
0.039
Every time
60
8 (13.3%)
65
6 (9.2%)
0.727
0.467
Tooth mug sharing
Never
72
15 (20.8%)
85
5 (5.9%)
2.800
0.005
Sometimes
15
0 (0.0)
15
2 (13.3%)
-1.464
1.000
Always
2
0 (0.0)
2
1 (50.0%)
-1.155
1.000
Every time
1
0 (0.0)
8
0 (0.0)
—
—
Dishware sharing
Never
38
7 (18.4%)
22
0 (0.0)
2.142
0.032
Sometimes
34
4 (11.8%)
16
2 (12.5%)
-0.075
1.000
Always
12
4 (33.3%)
23
3 (13.0%)
1.424
0.154
Every time
6
0 (0.0)
48
2 (4.2%)
-0.510
1.000
Picky eating
Sometimes
79
13 (16.4%)
102
7 (6.7%)
2.042
0.041
Always
11
2 (18.2%)
8
1 (12.5%)
0.335
0.737
Drinking unboiled water
Yes
13
1 (7.7%)
24
2 (8.3%)
-0.068
1.000
No
77
14 (18.2%)
86
6 (7.0%)
2.177
0.029
Smoking
Yes
2
0 (0.0)
8
2 (25.0%)
-0.791
1.000
No
88
15 (17.0%)
102
6 (5.9%)
2.447
0.014
Alcohol abuse
Yes
2
0 (0.0%)
4
1 (25.0%)
-0.775
1.000
No
86
14 (16.3%)
106
7 (6.6%)
2.136
0.033
Nausea
Yes
8
0 (0.0)
12
1 (8.3%)
-0.838
1.598
No
73
14 (19.2%)
87
7 (8.0%)
2.077
0.038
Not sure
6
1 (16.7%)
10
0 (0.0)
1.333
0.182
Gastric diseases
Yes
21
5 (23.8%)
21
2 (9.5%)
1.242
0.214
No
43
8 (18.6%)
66
3 (4.5%)
2.382
0.017
Not sure
23
2 (8.7%)
21
3 (14.3%)
-0.584
1.000
Families with gastric diseases
Fa (+) Mb(-)
13
1 (7.7%)
22
3 (13.6%)
-0.534
1.000
Fa (-) Mb (+)
21
2 (9.5%)
12
2 (16.7%)
-0.605
1.000
Fa (+) Mb (+)
2
0 (0.0)
3
0 (0.0)
—
—
Fa (-) Mb (-)
47
12 (25.5%)
69
3 (4.3%)
3.338
0.001
Bc or Sd (+)
4
0 (0.0)
3
0 (0.0)
—
—
Children (+)
0
0 (0.0)
0
0 (0.0)
—
—
Have meal with H. p-positive person
Yes
2
0 (0.0)
5
0 (0.0)
—
—
No
8
4 (50.0%)
10
0 (0.0)
2.535
0.011
Not sure
45
9 (20.0%)
37
5 (13.5%)
0.777
0.437
aFather; bmother; cbrothers; dsisters. test was used to compare the difference between groups. In dishware sharing, nausea, gastric diseases, families with gastric diseases, and families who had meal with H. pylori-positive person category, the related information of 1, 2, 4, 5, and 93 subjects was missed, respectively.
