Telephone-Based Reeducation of Drug Administration for Helicobacterpylori Eradication: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of all the included patients.

Characteristics	Intervention group ()	Control group ()	P value
Sex (M/F^†)	36/45	34/47	0.874
Age			0.755
Residence			0.703
City	65 (80.2)	62 (76.5)
Country	16 (19.8)	19 (23.5)
Education			0.750
High school or lower	46 (56.8)	49 (60.5)
Higher than high school	35 (43.2)	32 (39.5)
Salary			0.636
<3000	42 (51.9)	46 (56.8)
≥3000	39 (48.1)	35 (43.2)
Smoking
Yes	37 (45.7)	35 (43.2)	0.874
No	44 (54.3)	46 (56.8)
Gastroscopy results			0.365
Gastritis	57 (76.0)	52 (68.4)
Ulcer	18 (24.0)	24 (31.6)

^†M: male; F: female. Values are presented as or (%).