Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and food-specific immunoglobulin G in Southwest China

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants

Variables		Total, n = 21822	H. pylori negative, n = 13239	H. pylori positive, n = 8583	P value
Demographic data
	Sex (female), n (%)	9426 (43.2)	5791 (43.7)	3635 (42.4)	0.043
	Age (yr)	43.82 ± 10.98	43.49 ± 11.10	44.32 ± 10.76	< 0.001
	Drinking, n (%)	2295 (10.5)	1304 (9.8)	991 (11.5)	< 0.001
	Smoking, n (%)	4578 (21.0)	2661 (20.1)	1917 (22.3)	< 0.001
Anthropometric data
	Body weight (kg)	64.08 ± 12.02	63.52 ± 11.83	64.94 ± 12.26	< 0.001
	Height (cm)	163.65 ± 8.23	163.48 ± 8.26	163.90 ± 8.18	< 0.001
	BMI (kg/m2)	23.81 ± 3.37	23.65 ± 3.33	24.05 ± 3.41	< 0.001
	SBP (mmHg)	117.43 ± 17.08	117.28 ± 16.92	117.67 ± 17.31	0.099
	DBP (mmHg)	72.86 ± 11.39	72.76 ± 11.24	73.01 ± 11.62	0.109
Laboratory data
	ALT (U/L)	23 (16, 36)	23 (16, 36)	24 (16, 38)	< 0.001
	AST (U/L)	27.20 ± 19.03	27.26 ± 21.89	27.10 ± 13.47	0.530
	GGT (U/L)	24 (15, 42)	23 (15, 41)	24 (15, 45)	< 0.001
	Creatinine (μmol/L)	67.24 ± 21.41	67.01 ± 23.54	67.58 ± 17.62	0.058
	Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.11 ± 1.33	5.07 ± 1.24	5.16 ± 1.46	< 0.001
	HbA1c (%)	5.54 ± 0.79	5.51 ± 0.74	5.58 ± 0.87	< 0.001
	Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.86 ± 0.95	4.84 ± 0.94	4.89 ± 0.96	< 0.001
	Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.38 (0.95, 2.08)	1.67 (1.15, 2.45)	1.09 (0.80, 1.56)	< 0.001
	LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.87 ± 0.81	2.86 ± 0.81	2.90 ± 0.83	< 0.001
	HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.33 ± 0.33	1.33 ± 0.33	1.31 ± 0.33	< 0.001
	Uric acid (μmol/L)	345.40 ± 90.58	343.64 ± 90.40	348.11 ± 90.80	< 0.001

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic pressure; DBP: Diastolic pressure; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol.