Helicobacter pylori Recurrence after Eradication Therapy in Jiangjin District, Chongqing, China

Table 2

Recurrence of H. pylori infection in smokers and nonsmokers.

Group	Number of patients with recurrence	Number of patients without recurrence	Total patients	Recurrence rate
Smokers	9	119	128	7.03%
Nonsmokers	10	262	272	3.68%
				1.947
				0.163