Research Article
Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Metabolic Abnormality in General Population: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Characteristics of categorical variables of patients diagnosed as osteoporosis based on H. pylori infection.
| Variables | H. pylori (+) | H. pylori (−) | value |
| Number (women/man) | 57/230 | 151/462 | 0.119 | ALT | 20 (7.0%) | 29 (4.7%) | 0.168 | Cholesterol | 41 (14.3%) | 67 (10.9%) | 0.149 | TG | 82 (28.6%) | 149 (24.3%) | 0.172 | HDL-C | 54 (18.8%) | 76 (12.4%) | 0.011※ | LDL-C | 75 (26.1%) | 166 (27.1%) | 0.765 | Urea nitrogen | 14 (4.9%) | 15 (2.4%) | 0.054 | Creatinine | 5 (1.7%) | 9 (1.5%) | 0.757 | Uric acid | 44 (15.3%) | 80 (13.1%) | 0.355 | Fasting plasma glucose | 43 (15.0%) | 59 (9.6%) | 0.018※ | Postprandial blood sugar | 70 (24.4%) | 156 (25.4%) | 0.733 |
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※ represents P value less than 0.05 between H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative groups.
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