Clinical Study
Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Tepehuanos Aged 15 Years and Older in Durango, Mexico
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of Tepehuanos and seroprevalence of H. pylori infection.
| Characteristic | No. of subjects testeda |
Prevalence of H. pylori infection | value | No. | % |
| Gender | | | | | Male | 68 | 48 | 70.6 | 0.29 | Female | 88 | 55 | 62.5 | | Age groups (years) | | | | | 15–30 | 98 | 54 | 55.1 | 0.002 | 31–40 | 19 | 16 | 84.2 | | 41–50 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | | 51–60 | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | | 61–70 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | | 71–89 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | | Birth place | | | | | Durango State | 153 | 102 | 66.7 | 0.62 | Other Mexican state | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | | Residence area | | | | | Urban | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 0.74 | Rural | 141 | 93 | 66.0 | | Educational level | | | | | Up to 6 years of education | 74 | 61 | 82.4 | 0.00001 | 7 or more years of education | 81 | 41 | 50.6 | | Occupation | | | | | Laborerb | 68 | 56 | 82.4 | 0.0001 | Nonlaborerc | 88 | 47 | 53.4 | | Socioeconomic level | | | | | Low | 147 | 95 | 64.6 | 0.26 | Medium | 8 | 7 | 87.5 | |
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Subjects with available data.
bEmployee, construction worker, business, factory worker, others.
cHousewife, student, or neither.
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