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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios for Helicobacter pylori positivity for various risk factors by sex

From: Prevalence and risk factors of helicobacter pylori in Turkey: a nationally-representative, cross-sectional, screening with the 13C-Urea breath test

 

Sex

 

Men

Women

Variables

B

P

OR

CI 95%

B

P

OR

CI 95%

Age

-0.013

0.009

0.987

0.977,

0.997

-0.013

0.005

0.987

0.978,

0.996

Education

          

  High school +

       

1.0

  

  No education

     

0.813

0.000

2.254

1.517,

3.350

  Primary complete

     

0.762

0.000

2.142

1.593,

2.880

  Secondary complete

     

0.679

0.006

1.971

1.213,

3.203

Marital Status

          

  Never married

  

1.0

    

1.0

  

  Widowed/Divorced

0.450

0.242

1.568

0.738,

3.335

0.294

0.209

1.342

0.848,

2.122

  Currently married

0.551

0.005

1.735

1.182,

2.547

0.537

0.000

1.712

1.272,

2.304

Social Security

          

  Emekli sandigi

  

1.0

    

1.0

  

  Private/foreign

0.541

0.428

1.718

0.451,

6.546

-1.216

0.023

0.296

0.104,

0.848

  BAG-KUR

0.385

0.083

1.469

0.951,

2.269

-0.186

0.339

0.831

0.568,

1.215

  SSK

0.768

0.000

2.155

1.478,

3.140

0.276

0.110

1.317

0.940,

1.847

  None

0.894

0.000

2.444

1.632,

3.661

0.178

0.340

1.194

0.829,

1.720

  Green Card

0.593

0.068

1.809

0.956,

3.422

0.302

0.290

1.353

0.773,

2.369

Housing Tenure

          

  Owned by household members

  

1.0

       

  Rented

0.276

0.109

1.317

0.940,

1.845

     

  Lodging/no money paid

0.692

0.034

1.997

1.055,

3.779

     

Source of Drinking Water

          

  Bottled water/demijohn/pet

  

1.0

    

1.0

  

  Piped water

0.418

0.023

1.518

1.060,

2.174

0.684

0.000

1.981

1.477,

2.657

  Spring/public fountain

0.073

0.763

1.076

0.669,

1.728

0.901

0.000

2.461

1.644,

3.684

  Other (river. rain water etc.)

0.808

0.012

2.244

1.198,

4.204

0.438

0.050

1.550

1.001,

2.402

Smoking

          

  Never

  

1.0

       

  Tried at past. currently non-smoker

0.167

0.381

1.182

0.813,

1.719

     

  Tried at past. currently occasional smoker

-0.073

0.792

0.929

0.539,

1.602

     

  Regular smoker

0.449

0.017

1.566

1.083,

2.264

     

Alcohol

          

  Regular consumer

  

1.0

       

  Tried at past. currently drinking occasionally

0.731

0.009

2.078

1.202,

3.590

     

  Tried at past. currently non-drinker

0.764

0.009

2.148

1.214,

3.799

     

  Never

0.779

0.007

2.180

1.243,

3.822

     

Region

          

  South

  

1.0

       

  West

0.423

0.032

1.526

1.037,

2.246

     

  North

0.451

0.118

1.570

0.891,

2.764

     

  Central

0.653

0.002

1.922

1.258,

2.936

     

  East

0.816

0.002

2.262

1.353,

3.782

     

Constant

-0.404

0.388

0.668

  

0.335

0.172

1.398

  
  1. Variables entered in the model: age, residence, region, marital status, education, social security, occupation, housing tenure, source of drinking water, the number of the household per sleeping room, smoking, alcohol consumption.
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