Research Article
Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Metabolic Abnormality in General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Characteristics of categorical variables of patients diagnosed as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) on H. pylori infection.
| Variables | H. pylori (+) | H. pylori (−) | value |
| Number (women/man) | 17/182 | 65/332 | 0.009※ | BMD | 111 (56.9%) | 193 (49.5%) | 0.090 | ALT | 19 (9.5%) | 33 (8.3%) | 0.926 | Cholesterol | 29 (14.6%) | 51 (12.8%) | 0.560 | TG | 94 (47.2%) | 171 (43.1%) | 0.335 | HDL-C | 68 (34.2%) | 100 (25.2%) | 0.022※ | LDL-C | 57 (28.6%) | 110 (27.7%) | 0.810 | Creatinine | 3 (1.5%) | 7 (1.8%) | 0.819 | Urea nitrogen | 4 (2.0%) | 9 (2.3%) | 0.840 | Uric acid | 49 (24.6%) | 79 (19.9%) | 0.185 | Fasting plasma glucose | 40 (20.1%) | 64 (16.1%) | 0.227 | Postprandial blood sugar | 63 (31.7%) | 135 (34.0%) | 0.566 |
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※ represents P value less than 0.05 between H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative groups.
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