Clinical Trials Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2015; 21(39): 11179-11184
Published online Oct 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i39.11179
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients included in this study n (%)
CharacteristicTRE group(n = 70)Control group(n = 70)P value
Sex (M/F)25/4528/421.000
Age (yr)42.9 ± 10.745.9 ± 9.20.098
BMI (kg/m2)23.1 ± 4.023.7 ± 3.70.677
Grade of education0.199
Elementary school or no education5 (7.1)9 (12.9)
Higher than elementary school65 (92.9)61 (87.1)
Residence0.604
Country8 (11.4)8 (11.4)
City62 (88.6)62 (88.6)
Digestive tract hemorrhage5 (7.1)3 (4.3)0.529
Family gastric cancer history4 (5.7)2 (2.9)0.340
Endoscopy results
Chronic gastritis55 (71.2)59 (84.3)0.257
Peptic ulcer14 (20.0)10 (14.3)0.251
Helicobacter pylori infection70 (100.0)70 (100.0)