Irregular Meal Timing Is Associated with Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastritis

Table 6

Distribution and odds ratio for subjects who regularly skipped meals.

	Omitted meal at least one time per week; Count (%)	Unadjusted; Odds ratio; (95% CI); P value	Adjusted^#; Odds ratio; (95% CI); P value
Control; (n = 102)	10 (9.8%)	OR = 1	OR = 1
HP + Gastritis; (Group A); (n = 121)	23 (19%)	OR = 2.2; (0.98–4.8); P = 0.058	OR = 2.3; (0.99–5.5); P = 0.053
Gastritis; (Group B); (n = 100)	19 (19%)	OR = 2.2; (0.95–4.9); P = 0.067	OR = 2.2; (0.9–5.3); P = 0.094

HP: Helicobacter pylori, OR: Odds ratio.
^#Adjusted for gender, age, stress, and use of probiotics.
Note: there were no statistical differences in frequency of skipped meals between groups A and B.