Treatment of Helicobacter pylori in surgical practice: A randomised trial of triple versus quadruple therapy in a rural district general hospital

Table 3 Patient characteristics

	Therapy
	LAC (n = 50)	LMBT (n = 44)
Age	55.2 ± 10.9	53.7 ± 11.4
Gender (male: female)	26:24	27:17
Active smoking	10 (20%)	16 (36%)
NSAID use	4 (8%)	3 (7%)
Ethanol abuse (> 14 U/wk)	4 (8%)	3 (7%)
Previous therapy with antacids	4 (8%)	8 (18%)
Time between treat-ment and UBT (mo)	2.2 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.5
Gastric ulcer	1	1
Duodenal ulcer	3	1
Gastritis	36	33
Duodenitis	6	8
Diagnosis of H pylori infection (Urease: Culture: Biopsy)	42:29:45	37:27:44

NSAID: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; UBT: Urea breath test.