Changes in patients’ symptoms and gastric emptying after Helicobacter pylori treatment

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the functional dyspepsia and control groups

Group	Age	Sex (male/female)	BMI (kg/m2)	Duration of disease (yr)
FD group (n = 70)	44.82 ± 13.41	27/43	21.38 ± 3.87	2.01 ± 1.32
Control group (n = 72)	40.70 ± 6.39	22/48	21.20 ± 2.95	1.89 ± 1.73
t-test value	t = 2.347	χ2 = 0.785	t = 0.312	t = 0.464
P value	0.020	0.376	0.755	0.644
H. pylori therapeutic group	42.73 ± 11.97	10/18	20.98 ± 3.27	2.10 ± 1.12
Conventional therapeutic group	43.79 ± 14.28	9/12	22.08 ± 2.96	1.97 ± 1.28
H. pylori-negative group	45.82 ± 12.83	8/13	21.16 ± 3.64	1.95 ± 1.31
t-test value	F = 2.191	F = 2.315	F = 1.923	F = 1.872
P value	0.266	0.221	0.397	0.426

BMI: Body mass index; FD: Functional dyspepsia; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.