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

Table 5 Multivariate analysis to evaluate the effect of age, exercise, alcohol intake, gastroesophageal reflux disease and previous proton pump inhibitors exposure on the detection of Helicobacter pylori

	OR	95%CI	P value
Age	1.022	1.004-1.041	0.017
Alcohol intake	0.396	0.195-0.804	0.010
Exercise	0.721	0.393-1.321	0.289
GERD	0.317	0.132-0.763	0.010
Previous PPI exposure	0.217	0.123-0.385	< 0.01

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