The Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Immunoglobulin G Seropositivity and Plasma Homocysteine Levels in Adults

Table 2

Correlation of H. pylori IgG seropositive and plasma Hcy levels.

Effect modifier	Model I, β (95% CI, )	Model II, β (95% CI, )	Model III, β (95% CI, )
Total	1.074 (0.698, 1.449) <0.001	-0.268 (-0.568, 0.032) 0.080	-0.120 (-0.438, 0.199) 0.462
Stratified by gender
Male	0.333 (-0.073, 0.740) 0.108	-0.108 (-0.544, 0.329) 0.629	-0.230 (-0.754, 0.294) 0.389
Female	0.397 (-0.014, 0.808) 0.058	-0.406 (-0.817, 0.005) 0.053	-0.064 (-0.399, 0.270) 0.706
Stratified by age
20-44 years	0.152 (-0.127, 0.430) 0.286	0.144 (-0.136, 0.424) 0.313	0.016 (-0.329, 0.361) 0.925
~59 years	-0.156 (-0.856, 0.544) 0.662	-0.310 (-1.087, 0.466) 0.434	0.170 (-0.849, 1.189) 0.744
~85 years	-0.094 (-0.681, 0.493) 0.754	-0.275 (-0.897, 0.347) 0.386	-0.178 (-0.726, 0.370) 0.524
Stratified by race
Non-Hispanic white	1.074 (0.698, 1.449) <0.001	0.209 (-0.129, 0.548) 0.226	-0.149 (-0.552, 0.253) 0.468
Non-Hispanic black	0.328 (-0.867, 1.523) 0.591	-0.866 (-2.035, 0.302) 0.147	0.500 (-0.712, 1.712) 0.420
Mexican American	-0.008 (-0.454, 0.437) 0.971	-0.697 (-1.088, -0.307) <0.001	-0.802 (-1.253, -0.352) <0.001
Other races	1.028 (0.296, 1.759) 0.006	0.212 (-0.480, 0.904) 0.549	0.426 (-0.456, 1.307) 0.345

Model I, no adjustment for covariates; model II, adjusted for gender, age, and race; model III, adjustment for all covariates. For subgroup analyses stratified by gender, gender was not adjusted in model II and model III; stratified by age, age was not adjusted in model II and model III; stratified by race, race was not adjusted in model II and model III.