Role of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy on Platelet Recovery in Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients ().

Parameter	HpSA positive	HpSA negative
Age (years)	43.89 ± 7.06	44.75 ± 7.91	0.53
Male	12	20	—
Female	22	31	—
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	11.54 ± 1.68	12.19 ± 2.06	0.12
Hematocrit (%)	45.0 ± 7.5	47.0 ± 8.0	0.30
RBC (million/µl)	2.91 ± 0.49	3.34 ± 0.55	0.0001
WBC (per µl)	6283.7 0.310	6239.0 ± 0.311	0.01
Platelets ( 10^3/µl)	12.3 3.7	13.5 4.1	0.9

HpSA: Helicobacter pylori stool antigen; : total number of patients.
Based on Student’s -test.