Influence of proton pump inhibitors on gastritis diagnosis and pathologic gastric changes

Table 4 Univariate analysis to determine the association between age, gender, exercise, smoking, alcohol intake, gastroesophageal reflux disease and previous proton pump inhibitors exposure with the detection of Helicobacter pylori

	OR	95%CI	P value
Age	1.019	1.002-1.036	0.028
Gender	1.256	0.76-2.07	0.373
Exercise	0.664	0.389-1.136	0.135
Smoking	0.789	0.476-1.308	0.358
Alcohol intake	0.505	0.27-0.944	0.032
GERD	0.165	0.077-0.355	< 0.01
Previous PPI exposure	0.281	0.166-0.476	< 0.01

GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease; PPI: Proton pump inhibitor.