Correlation between Colon Polyps and Metabolic Syndrome and HP Infection Status

Table 2

(a) Polyp parameters and Hp infection status

	H. pylori+	H. pylori-
No. of polyps			0.9085
None	208 (62.28)	126 (37.72)
Single	66 (60.55)	43 (39.45)
Multiple	32 (64.00)	18 (36.00)
Polyp size			0.3518
I	67 (65.05)	36 (34.95)
II	12 (48.00)	13 (52.00)
III	14 (66.67)	7 (33.33)
IV	5 (50.00)	5 (50.00)
Polyp location			0.5707
L	74 (63.79)	42 (36.21)
R	12 (52.17)	11 (47.83)
T	12 (60.00)	8 (40.00)
Polyp pathology^a			0.6865
A	57 (58.76)	40 (41.24)
P	17 (60.71)	11 (39.29)
I	23 (69.70)	10 (30.30)
C	1 (100.00)	0 (0.00)

^aFisher’s exact test.

(b) Polyp parameters and MS status

Polyp	MS
	No	Yes
No. of polyps			0.0002
None	255 (77.74)	73 (22.26)
Single	66 (61.11)	42 (38.89)
Multiple	28 (57.14)	21 (42.86)
Polyp size			0.2315
I	63 (61.76)	39 (38.24)
II	14 (58.33)	10 (42.67)
III	14 (66.67)	7 (33.33)
IV	3 (30.00)	7 (70.00)
Polyp location			0.5755
L	69 (60.53)	45 (39.47)
R	15 (65.22)	8 (34.78)
T	10 (50.00)	10 (50.00)
Polyp pathology^a			0.6926
A	59 (61.46)	37 (38.54)
P	17 (60.71)	11 (39.29)
I	18 (56.25)	14 (43.75)
C	0 (0.00)	1 (100.00)

^aFisher’s exact test.