Correlation between Quantitative ¹³C-Urea Breath Test and Helicobacter pylori Treatment Success in a Population-Based Cohort

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Treatment success	Treatment failure
(%)	12,018 (65.4)	6357 (34.6)
C13-UBT DOB, mean (SD)	20.6 (16.2)	19.5 (13.1)	<0.01
Sex, male, (%)	4264 (35.5)	2121 (33.4)	<0.01
Age, years, mean (SD)	28.9 (5.9)	28.4 (5.9)	<0.01

Abbreviations: C13-UBT: ¹³C-urea breath test; DOB: delta over baseline.