Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients and its relationship with HIV infection, ABO blood groups and life style in a university hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Association between socio-demographic characteristics and seropositivity for antibodies against H. pylori infection in dyspeptic patients (Northwest Ethiopia, 2003)

Characteristics	n	Serum anti-HP+[ n (%)]	Serum anti-HP- [n (%)]	OR (95% CI)	P value
Sex					0.2
Male	99	88 (88.9)	11 (11.1)	1
Female	116	96 (82.8)	20 (17.2)	0.6 (0.272,1.32)
Age group (yr)					0.2
<20	22	18 (81.8)	4 (18.2)	1
20-29	62	51 (82.3)	11 (17.7)	1.03 (0.29, 3.65)
30-39	58	47 (81.0)	11 (19.0)	0.95 (0.27, 3.37)
40-49	32	27 (84.4)	5 (15.6)	1.20 (0.28, 5.08)
50-59	27	27 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	2205.4 (0.0, 4.7E+19)
60-69	10	10 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	2205.4 (0.0, 1.5E+3)
70-79	4	4 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	2205.4 (0.0, 5.6E+45)
Occupation					0.69
Farmer	114	97 (85.1)	17 (14.9)	1
House wife	14	12 (85.7)	2 (14.3)	1.05 (0.22,5.12)
Govt employee	20	18 (90)	2 (10.0)	1.57 (0.34, 7.43)
Student	29	24 (82.8)	5 (17.2)	0.84 (0.28, 2.51)
Unemployed	14	14 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	639.67 (0.0, 3.6E+39)
Merchant	6	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)	0.87 (0.09, 7.97)
Soldier	2	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	639.67 (0.0, 1.5E+39)
Others	16	12 (75.0)	4 (25.0)	0.52 (0.15, 1.82)
Address
Rural	127	109 (85.8)	18 (14.2)	1
Urban	88	75 (85.2)	13 (14.8)	0.95 (0.44, 2.06)
Marital status					0.7
Married	135	117 (86.7)	13	1
Widowed	13	11 (84.6)	2 (15.4)	0.85 (0.17, 4.13)
Divorced	22	18 (81.8)	4 (18.2)	0.69 (0.21, 2.28)
Single	39	32 (82.1)	7 (17.9)	0.70 (0.27, 1.83)
Underage	6	6(100.0)	0(0.0)	206.42 (0.0, 1.1E+15)

HP+= Helicobacter pylori positive ; HP- = Helicobacter pylori negative.