Efficacy of a therapeutic strategy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection

Table 4 Characteristics of patients who rechecked or not their Helicobacter pylori status (%)

Patients characteristics	Rechecked their H. pylori status1 (297 patients)	No recheck of their H. pylori status (278 patients)
Women/men	185 (62)/112 (38)	170 (61)/108 (39)
Mean age (range), yr	55 (21-86)	50 (20-92)
Peptic ulcer disease	21 (7)	17 (6)
Previous gastric surgery and/or neoplasm	2 (0.6)	1 (0.3)
Smokers	53 (20)	69 (27)

¹Patient who rechecked their Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) status, until the achievement of an urea breath test-proved H. pylori-status, or after the completion of the third-line therapy, whichever came first. Patients treated with alternative second and third-line antibiotic regimens are excluded.