Table 2 Impact of hand washing before meals, hand washing after toilet use, fruits cleaning or peeling before eating, and having takeaway foods on incidence of H. Pylori infection (binary logistic regression).

From: Epidemiological surveys, antibiotic resistance, and related risk factors of Helicobacter pylori in Quanzhou, China: a cross-sectional study

Factor

OR

95% CI

p-value

Hand washing before meals

1.294

0.740–2.261

0.366

Hand washing after toilet use

2.678

0.893–8.033

0.079

Fruits cleaning or peeling before eating

0.470

0.227–0.970

0.041

Takeaway foods

0.650

0.444–0.951

0.027

  1. Note. OR: Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval.
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