Clinical Study
7-Day Nonbismuth-Containing Concomitant Therapy Achieves a High Eradication Rate for Helicobacter pylori in Taiwan
Table 1
Demographic data and endoscopic appearance of 7-day concomitant therapy.
| Characteristics | 7-day concomitant therapy group |
| Age (yr) (mean ± SD) | | Gender (male/female) | 189/130 | Smoking | 71 (22.3%) | Alcohol consumption | 24 (7.5%) | Ingestion of coffee | 81 (25.4%) | Ingestion of tea | 124 (38.9%) | NSAID use | 16 (5%) | Underlying disease | 80 (25.1%) | Endoscopic findings | | Gastritis | 98 (30.7%) | Gastric ulcer | 100 (31.3%) | Duodenal ulcer | 56 (17.6%) | Gastric ulcer + duodenal ulcer | 65 (20.4%) |
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