An Additive Effect of Oral N-Acetyl Cysteine on Eradication of Helicobacter pylori

Table 1

Patients demographics and clinical characteristics.

	Experimental group (%)	Control group (%)	value
Age, yr (mean ± SD)	41.61 ± 10.45	42.41 ± 14.11		0.774
Sex
Male	17 (44.7)	13 (31.7)	0.255^#
Female	21 (55.3)	28 (68.3)
Diagnosis
Dyspepsia w/o ulcer	23 (60.5)	29 (70.7)	0.595^#
Gastric ulcer	9 (23.7)	4 (9.8)
Duodenal ulcer	6 (15.8)	8 (19.5)
Cigarette smoking
+	7 (18.4)	6 (14.6)	0.665^‡
−	31 (81.6)	35 (85.4)
Alcohol consumption
+	4 (10.5)	3 (7.3)	0.705^‡
−	34 (89.5)	38 (92.7)

-test, ^#chi-square test, and ^‡Fisher’s exact test.