Clinical Performance of the Automated LIAISON® Meridian H. pylori SA Stool Antigen Test

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the subjects according to infection status.

	Infected	Not infected	value
Sex			0.204
Male	25 (37%)	61 (29%)
Female	42 (63%)	149 (71%)
Age			0.118
22-35	11 (16%)	34 (16%)
36-45	16 (24%)	39 (19%)
46-55	16 (24%)	44 (21%)
56-65	15 (22%)	32 (15%)
>65	9 (13%)	61 (29%)
Race			0.0001
White	50 (75%)	192 (91%)
Nonwhite	17 (25%)	18 (9%)
Origin			0.021
U.S.	19 (28%)	93 (44%)
Europe	48 (72%)	117 (56%)