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Table 2 Socio-demographic risk factors

From: Helicobacter pylori colonization in Nepal; assessment of prevalence and potential risk factors in a hospital-based patient cohort

Variable

Total cases

no = 100

Positive cases

no = 16 (%)

χ2 values

P values

Age

  

1.0003

0.317

 Up to 20 years

64

12 (18.7)

  

 Above 20 years

36

4 (11.1)

  

Gender

  

0.7937

0.372

 Male

60

8 (13.3)

  

 Female

40

8 (20.0)

  

Racial ethnicity

  

0.0104

0.918

 Aryan

76

12 (15.8)

  

 Others

24

4 (16.7)

  

No. of family members

  

2.79

0.095

 Up to 4

44

4 (9.0)

  

 5–10

56

12 (21.4)

  

Family education

  

1.785

0.181

 Up to primary

60

12 (20.0)

  

 Above primary

40

4 (10.3)

  

Home area

  

7.059

0.007

 Urban

24

8 (33.3)

  

 Rural

76

8 (10.5)

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