Low eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori with triple 7-14 days and quadriple therapy in Turkey

Table 2 The distribution of age, sex and H pylori density of corpus in the patient groups

Group	Eradicated				Non-eradicated
	n	Agea	F/M	Density	n	Agea	F/M	Density
I	13	35.3 ± 11.7a	9/4	1.31 ± 0.95b	40	54.0 ± 9.1a	21/19	2.17 ± 0.87b
II	24	40.04 ± 9.3a	13/11	1.92 ± 0.8b	35	54.94 ± 8.8a	21/14	2.37 ± 0.77b
III	32	40.03 ± 11.6a	20/12	1.91 ± 0.69b	20	55.15 ± 9.0a	12/8	2.35 ± 0.75b
Total	69	39.14 ± 10.9a	42/27	1.8 ± 0.83b	95	54.61 ± 8.9a	54/41	2.28 ± 0.79b

^aP < 0.001, vs noneradicated in each group for age,

^bP < 0.05, vs noneradicated in each group for H pylori corpus density.