Blood pressure and stature in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative persons

Table 1 Body indices, basic vital signs and socio-demographic characteristics in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative children and adolescents (≤ 17 years old)

Parameter	Helicobacter pylori negative	Helicobacter pylori positive	Statistical significance
	n = 471	n = 26
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Gender (% males)	47.1	46.1	NS
Age (yr)	11 ± 3	12 ± 3	NS
Weight (kg)	42.3 ± 17.5	40.3 ± 16.9	NS
Height (cm)	145.4 ± 19.6	143.6 ± 19.7	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	19.1 ± 3.9	18.6 ± 3.7	NS
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	107.6 ± 12.6	110.3 ± 10.2	NS
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	65.5 ± 8.6	65.2 ± 8.2	NS
Heart rate	77.7 ± 7.7	80.9 ± 8.4	0.040
(beats per minute)
Residence1			NS
Larger town	32.0%	32.0%
Smaller town	24.7%	32.0%
Village	43.3%	36.0%
Parental education			0.006
Secondary or higher	66.0%	57.7%
Vocational	29.3%	23.1%
Elementary	4.7%	19.2%

¹Based on n = 491. NS: Not significant; BMI: Body mass index.

Table 2 Body indices, basic vital signs and socio-demographic characteristics in Helicobacter pylori positive and negative adults (≥ 18 years old)

Parameter	Helicobacter pylori negative	Helicobacter pylori positive	Statistical significance
	n = 919	n = 402
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Gender (% males)	46.3	48.5	NS
Age (yr)	48 ± 20	57 ± 17	P < 0.001
Weight (kg)	76.3 ± 16.2	79.1 ± 16.4	P = 0.004
Height (cm)	171.6 ± 9.9	170.2 ± 9.9	P = 0.020
BMI (kg/m2)	25.9 ± 4.7	27.2 ± 4.8	P < 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	126.7 ± 16.6	129.9 ± 17.9	P = 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	77.0 ± 9.2	78.5 ± 9.8	P = 0.009
Heart rate	71.1 ± 7.8	71.0 ± 8.0	NS
(beats per minute)
Residence1:			P = 0.023
Larger town	59.0%	52.2%
Smaller town	16.3%	22.1%
Village	24.6%	25.6%
Education2:			P < 0.001
University	28.9%	22.2%
Secondary	39.5%	34.5%
Vocational	20.1%	30.5%
Elementary	4.2%	10.8%
Studying	7.2%	2.0%

¹Based on n = 1320;

²Based on n = 1313. NS: Not significant; BMI: Body mass index.

Table 3 Association of Helicobacter pylori positivity with body size and blood pressure in 491 children and adolescents (≤ 17 years old) with no missing data on any variables used in the models; univariable and adjusted analysis

Parameter	β-coefficient (95%CI)
	Crude	Adjusted for age and gender	+ place of residence	+ parental education
Weight (kg)	-1.1 (-8.2-5.9)	-3.4 (-7.4-0.6)	-3.4 (-7.4-0.5)	-3.4 (-7.4-0.7)
Height (cm)	-0.4 (-8.3-7.4)	-3.2 (-6.5-0.0)	-3.5 [-6.7-(-0.2)]1	-3.2 (-6.4-0.0)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	-0.4 (-2.0-1.1)	-0.8 (-2.1-0.5)	-0.7 (-2.0-0.6)	-0.7 (-2.0-0.6)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	3.5 (-1.5-8.5)	2.4 (-1.8-6.7)	2.3 (-1.9-6.6)	2.3 (-2.0-6.5)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.3 (-3.1-3.8)	-0.4 (-3.3-2.5)	-0.4 (-3.3-2.5)	-0.7 (-3.6-2.3)
Heart rate (beats per minute)	3.4 (0.2-6.5)1	3.5 (0.3-6.6)1	3.7 (0.9-6.5)1	3.4 (0.7-6.2)1

¹Statistical significance at 0.05 level.

Table 4 Association of Helicobacter pylori positivity with body size and blood pressure in 1312 adults (≥ 18 years old) with no missing data on any variables used in the models; univariable and adjusted analysis

Parameter	β-coefficient (95%CI)
	Crude	Adjusted for age and gender	+ place of residence	+ own education
Weight (kg)	2.8 (0.9-4.7)1	1.3 (-0.5-3.0)	1.1 (-0.6-2.8)	1.1 (-0.6-2.8)
Height (cm)	- 1.4 [-2.6-(0.2)]1	-0.5 (-1.4-0.3)	-0.5 (-1.3-0.4)	-0.2 (-1.1-0.6)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	1.4 (0.8-2.0)1	0.6 (0.0-1.1)1	0.5 (0.0-1.1)	0.4 (-0.1-1.0)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	3.3 (1.3-5.3)1	-0.7 (-2.5-1.1)	-1.0 (-2.8-0.8)	-1.1 (-2.9-0.6)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	1.5 (0.4-2.6)1	0.0 (-1.0-1.1)	-0.1 (-1.2-0.9)	-0.2 (-1.3-0.8)
Heart rate (beats per minute)	-0.1 (-1.0-0.8)	-0.2 (-1.1-0.8)	-0.2 (-1.1-0.7)	-0.2 (-1.1-0.8)

¹Statistical significance at 0.05 level.