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

※ represents P value less than 0.05 between H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative groups.