The clinical significance of some serum tumor markers among chronic patients with Helicobacter pylori infections in Ibb Governorate, Yemen

Saeed, Marwan K.; Al-Ofairi, B. A.; Hassan, Mohammed A.; Al-Jahrani, M. A.; Abdulkareem, Ahmed M.

doi:10.1186/s13027-023-00542-7

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of H. pylori patients and its association with H. pylori infection diagnostic tests

From: The clinical significance of some serum tumor markers among chronic patients with Helicobacter pylori infections in Ibb Governorate, Yemen

Variable	No./%	H. pylori IgG titer mean ± SD	P value	SAT		X²	P value
Variable	No./%	H. pylori IgG titer mean ± SD	P value	Positive	Negative	X²	P value
Residency
Rural	110/55	24.46 ± 10.27	0.095	64	46	1.72	0.192
Urban	90/45	22.20 ± 8.49	0.095	44	46	1.72	0.192
Gender
Male	92/46	22.80 ± 9.24	0.376	53	39	0.89	0.345
Female	108/54	24.00 ± 9.826	0.376	55	53	0.89	0.345
Age group (years)
< 20	23/11.5	17.29 ± 9.84	< 0.001*	16	7	8.5	0.005*
20–39	104/52	21.37 ± 8.74		49	55
40–59	47/23.5	27.02 ± 8.38		22	25
˃ 59	26/13	30.72 ± 8.06		21	5
Education level
Elementary	105/52.5	25.12 ± 10.10	0.041*	61	44	3.35	0.187
High school	54/27	21.77 ± 8.53		30	24
Professional	41/20.5	21.71 ± 8.41		17	24
Vegetables and fruit eating
Yes	172/86	22.97 ± 9.41	0.083	98	74	4.38	0.036*
No	28/14	26.34 ± 10.08	0.083	10	18	4.38	0.036*
Tea and coffee
Yes	195/97.5	23.42 ± 9.40	0.821	106	89	0.4	0.525
No	5/2.5	24.40 ± 15.85	0.821	2	3	0.4	0.525
Khat (Catha edulis) Chewing
Yes	148/74	29.29 ± 9.44	0.035*	82	66	0.45	0.501
No	52/26	21.05 ± 9.55	0.035*	26	26	0.45	0.501
Smoking
Yes	48/24	26.92 ± 8.37	0.004*	27	21	0.12	0.72
No	152/76	22.35 ± 9.66	0.004*	81	71	0.12	0.72
Family history of H. pylori
Yes	127/63.5	25.91 ± 9.04	< 0.001*	68	59	0.02	0.864
No	73/36.5	19.16 ± 8.93	< 0.001*	40	33	0.02	0.864
Family history of PUD
Yes	60/30	28.40 ± 9.06	< 0.001*	33	27	0.03	0.853
No	140/70	21.32 ± 8.98	< 0.001*	75	65	0.03	0.853
Treatment
Yes	109/54.5	26.01 ± 9.00	< 0.001*	51	58	5.01	0.025*
No	91/45.5	20.38 ± 9.33	< 0.001*	57	34	5.01	0.025*
Recurrent infection
Yes	89/44.5	29.56 ± 8.84	< 0.001*	58	31	8.05	0.005*
No	111/55.5	18.54 ± 6.92	< 0.001*	50	61	8.05	0.005*
BMI
Underweight	27/13.5	22.98 ± 12.09	0.01*	17	10	2.29	0.502
Normal	94/47	22.09 ± 8.80		50	44
Overweight	71/35.5	25.60 ± 8.76		35	36
Obese	8/4	30.40 ± 8.65		5	3

Data represented as mean ± SD, frequency percent%, Chi square test, Independent t test, one way AOVA H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, SAT: stool antigen test and BMI: body mass index
*P < 0.05 considered significant

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