Culturable Bacterial Microbiota of the Stomach of Helicobacter pylori Positive and Negative Gastric Disease Patients

Table 1

Demographic data, prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, and mean number of other microbial species isolated from gastric disease patients.

	Hp positive; 𝑁 (%)	Hp negative; 𝑁 (%)	Non-Hp; 𝑁 (%)
Gender
Male	61 (59.8)	41 (40.2)	2.13
Female	70 (61.9)	43 (38.1)	1.76
Race
Indian	56 (60.9)	36 (39.1)	2.15
Chinese	55 (60.4)	36 (39.6)	1.6
Malay	12 (66.7)	6 (33.3)	2.28
Other	8 (57.1)	6 (42.9)	2.21
Disease
NUD	112 (60.5)	73 (39.5)	1.9
PUD	17 (77.3)	5 (22.7)	1.68
GC	2 (25)	6 (75)	3.38

Hp, Helicobacter pylori; 𝑁, number of biopsies; %, percentage in the respective group; Non-Hp, mean number of non-Hp species isolated in the respective group.