Virulence Genes of Helicobacter pylori Increase the Risk of Premalignant Gastric Lesions in a Colombian Population

Table 3

Odds ratio (OR) of sociodemographic factors.

		Atrophy			Metaplasia			Dysplasia
		OR	IC 95%		OR	IC 95%		OR	IC 95%
Age	18–45 years	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	46–60 years	4.73	(2.3–9.75)	0.001	4	(2.44–6.55)	0.001	6.67	(2.08–21.35)	0.001
	≥61 years	15.81	(6.19–40.38)	0.001	12.4	(5.88–26.3)	0.001	56.79	(16.52–195.25)	0.001
Sex	Female	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Male	1.12	(0.61–2.08)	0.714	1.67	(1.07–2.59)	0.023	3.61	(1.76–7.44)	0.001
Origin	Urban	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Rural	1.21	(0.65–2.23)	0.546	2.36	(1.52–3.65)	0.001	3.24	(1.58–6.63)	0.001
Income	≥1 CLMMW^‡	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	<1 CLMMW	1.01	(0.532–1.92)	0.971	1.41	(0.86–2.3)	0.171	3.25	(1.1–9.61)	0.033
Education level	College/Higher education	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Elementary school	4.35	(1.88–10.05)	0.001	7.53	(3.92–14.45)	0.001	14.12	(3.24–61.49)	0.001
	Middle school	2.43	(0.97–6.06)	0.057	3.1	(1.52–6.31)	0.002	3.43	(0.66–17.67)	0.141
Ethnicity	Mestizo	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Indigenous	1.67	(0.203–13.78)	0.633	1.88	(0.19–18.77)	0.59	0.94	(0.102–8.68)	0.958
	Caucasian	NA^§	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	Black	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

^‡CLMMW: current legal minimum monthly wage. ^§NA = not applicable. A value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.