Family-based Helicobacter pylori infection status and transmission pattern in central China, and its clinical implications for related disease prevention

Table 2 Parental infection and infection status of children and adolescents in 51 families

Parental infection (Household numbers)	Children infection (57)		Infection rate (%)	P value
	H. pylori+ (n)	H. pylori- (n)
Neither parent infected (11)	2	9	18.18
Both parent infected (21)	6	20	23.08	0.109a
Only father infected (9)	0	9	0
Only mother infected (10)	5	6	45.45
Total (51)	13	44	22.81

^aP > 0.05 when both parents infected group were compared with neither parent infected group.

n: Person per group; Infection rate (%): Infection rate of children in different groups; H. pylori+: H. pylori-positive; H. pylori-: H. pylori-negative.