Impact of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Gastric Variceal Bleeding among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of predictors of bleeding gastric varices among the studied patients.

Variables	Multivariate
	Adjusted OR	95% CI	value
Decompensated liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh C)	5.325	2.947–9.159	0.001
Red color sign over gastric varices	4.941	1.3834–13.312	0.001
H. pylori infection	3.897	1.480–10.265	0.005
Histopathological patterns of chronic gastritis	6.527	2.843–13.582	0.037
Fasting serum gastrin level	5.321	0.259–12.521	0.187