Changes with aging in gastric biomarkers levels and in biochemical factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in asymptomatic Chinese population

Table 2 Comparison of serum biochemical tests between Helicobacter pylori infection statuses by sex

	Male			Female
	Hp-IgG (+), n = 81	Hp -IgG (-), n = 87	P value	Hp-IgG (+), n = 104	Hp-IgG (-), n = 123	P value
TG, mmol/L	1.33 ± 0.11	1.30 ± 0.17	0.875	1.24 ± 0.06	1.26 ± 0.06	0.767
TC, mmol/L	5.07 ± 0.11	4.80 ± 0.09	0.052	5.16 ± 0.09	5.42 ± 0.09	0.050
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.31 ± 0.04	1.35 ± 0.03	0.381	1.52 ± 0.03	1.54 ± 0.03	0.575
LDL-C, mmol/L	3.30 ± 0.10	2.99 ± 0.07	0.009	3.26 ± 0.09	3.48 ± 0.08	0.071
FBG, mmol/L	5.45 ± 0.09	5.26 ± 0.06	0.073	5.29 ± 0.06	5.27 ± 0.09	0.857
Cr, μmol/L	72.58 ± 1.76	73.26 ± 1.40	0.760	60.66 ± 2.59	55.34 ± 0.89	0.054
Cys-C, mg/L	0.93 ± 0.02	0.91 ± 0.02	0.520	0.88 ± 0.03	0.81 ± 0.02	0.059
UA, μmol/L	339.05 ± 8.19	337.48 ± 9.04	0.898	265.13 ± 6.19	273.22 ± 5.30	0.319

Data are presented as mean ± SD. H. pylori-IgG (+) is defined as H. pylori-IgG ≥ 35 EIU. Cr: Creatinine; Cys-C: Cystatin-C; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Hp-IgG: Helicobacter pylori-immunoglobulin G; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides; UA: Uric acid; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.