A low prevalence of H pylori and endoscopic findings in HIV-positive Chinese patients with gastrointestinal symptoms

Table 1 Patient data and clinicopathology

	HIV-positive (n = 122) (%)	HIV-negative (n = 29) (%)	P
Age (yr)	40.8 ± 7.9	49.5 ± 12.7	NS
Male	49	15	NS
Female	73	14	NS
Gastrointestinal symptoms			NS
Abdominal pain and distention	38	14	NS
Dyspepsia	42	6	NS
Diarrhea	27	1	0.02
Nausea and vomiting	47	8	NS
Odynophagia and dysphagia	21	0	0.035
Others	16	6	NS
Consumption of medications within one month, n (%)
Antibiotics	47 (38.5)	3 (10.3)	0.004
Proton pump inhibitor	3 (2.5)	4 (13.8)	0.034
H pylori infection	27 (22.1)	13 (44.8)	0.013
Candida esophagitis	19 (15.6)	0 (0)	0.05
Peptic ulcer	5 (4.1)	6 (20.7)	0.007
Chronic atrophy gastritis	30 (24.6)	2 (6.9)	0.036
CMV infection	6 (4.9)	0 (0)	0.49

CMV: Cytomegalovirus; NS: Not significant.