Research Article
Helicobacter pylori Prevalence in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimen
Table 2
Patient characteristics by histopathologic findings.
| | Final diagnosis | Total | | Inactive gastritis | Helicobacter pylori |
| Age group | | | | | 15-29 | 87 (79.1%) | 23 (20.9%) | 110 | <0.001 | 30-39 | 78 (60.0%) | 52 (40.0%) | 130 | | 40-49 | 74 (57.8%) | 54 (42.2%) | 128 | | 50-59 | 30 (46.9%) | 34 (53.1%) | 64 | | 60-74 | 20 (54.1%) | 17 (45.9%) | 37 | | Age (years) | | | | | | | | | <0.001 | Sex | | | | | Male | 112 (59.6%) | 79 (41.4%) | 191 (41.0%) | 0.271 | Female | 177 (63.7%) | 101 (36.3%) | 278 (59.0%) | | Preendoscopy | | | | | Yes | 26 (51.0%) | 25 (49.0%) | 51 (10.9%) | 0.098 | No | 263 (62.9%) | 155 (37.1%) | 418 (89.1%) | | Proton pump inhibitors intake | | | | | Yes | 37 (71.2%) | 15 (28.8%) | 52 (10.8%) | 0.134 | No | 252 (60.4%) | 165 (39.6%) | 417 (89.2%) | | Number of sections for histology | | | | | 1 to 2 | 145 (67.4%) | 70 (32.6%) | 215 (45.8%) | 0.017 | 4 to 6 | 144 (56.7%) | 110 (43.3%) | 254 (54.2%) | |
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Indicates a significant relationship. |