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Table 4 Hp prevalence by demographic characteristics, 878 CANHelp project participants with Hp status, 2008–2013

From: Burden of disease from Helicobacter pylori infection in western Canadian Arctic communities

 

n

Hp Prevalence

n

%

95% CI

Total

878

541

62

58, 65

Age

 0–9.75

65

30

46

34, 58

 9.8–14a

41

18

44

29, 59

 15–24

124

85

69

60, 77

 25–34

135

93

69

61, 77

 35–44

118

70

59

50, 68

 45–54

165

103

62

55, 70

 55–64

128

78

61

52, 69

 65–96

102

64

63

53, 72

Sex

 Male

398

258

65

60, 70

 Female

480

283

59

55, 63

Community

 Aklavik

352

213

61

55, 66

 Old Crow

200

136

68

62, 74

 Tuktoyaktuk

102

58

57

47, 66

 Fort McPherson

224

134

60

53, 66

Ethnicity

 Non-Indigenous

77

17

22

13, 31

 Indigenous

740

486

66

62, 69

  Inuvialuit (Inuit)

289

193

67

61, 72

  Gwich’in (First Nations)

405

260

64

60, 69

  Other/mixedb

46

33

72

59, 85

 missing

61

   
  1. Hp H. pylori, CI binomial Wald confidence interval
  2. aThe 9.8–14 category includes two participants < 10: one who was 9 years and 10 months at the time of UBT and 9 years and 11 months at endoscopy, and one who was 9 years and 11 months at the time of UBT with no endoscopy
  3. bCategory includes: Métis; mixed Indigenous ethnicities; unspecified Indigenous ethnicity; mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous ethnicities