Association of Helicobacter pylori Infection with Coronary Artery Disease: Is Helicobacter pylori a Risk Factor?

Table 1

Description of patients with comparison of CAD (basic characteristics and risk factors).

	All patients; (𝑁=120)	MVD; (𝑁=36)	SVD; (𝑁=26)	Insignificant atherosclerosis; (𝑁=38)	Control group; (𝑁=20)
Basic characteristics
Age^†	56.2 (54.14–58.26)	59.4 (55.7–63.1)*	56.4 (52.3–60.5)	56.3 (52.5–59.9)	49.9 (43.7–56.1)
Malegender^†	50.8	66.7^#	46.2	39.5	50
Height (cm)	162.1 (160.4–163.8)	164.1 (161.1–167.1)	162.1 (157.5–166.7)	160.1 (157.4–162.8)	162.2 (158.1–166.3)
Weight (kg)	75.4 (72.8–78)	74 (69.5–78.5)	73 (67.1–78.9)	74.3 (69.8–78.8)	82.7 (74.6–90.8)
BMI (kg/m^2)†	28.7 (27.8–29.6)	27.5 (25.9–29.1)*	27.7 (25.8–29.6)	29 (27.3–30.7)	31.6 (28.6–34.6)
Risk factors (%)
Hypertension	60	61.1	73.1	57.9	45
Diabetes mellitus	29.2	36.1	26.9	26.3	25
Historyofcardiacdisease^†§	30.8	38.9^#	42.3^#	15.8	30
HistoryofCCUadmission^††§	45.8	55.6^##	61.5^##	23.7**	50
History of cardiac failure	50.8	50	61.5	42.1	55
Smoking experience	17.5	27.8	11.5	13.2	15

Categorical variables are presented in %, continuous variables as mean (95% confidence interval).
†Significant difference among groups: ANOVA/Chi-square test (𝑃<0.05), ††significant difference among groups: ANOVA/Chi-square test (𝑃<0.001), *significant difference versus control group: Bonferroni test (𝑃<0.05), **significant difference versus control group: Chi-square test (𝑃<0.001), §significant difference between CAD pos. and CAD neg.: Chi-square test (𝑃<0.050), ^#significant difference versus insignificant atherosclerosis: Chi-square test (𝑃<0.05), ^##significant difference versus insignificant atherosclerosis: Chi-square test (𝑃<0.001); BMI: body mass index.