Table 3 Basic information of children and H. pylori infection risks factors.

From: The epidemiological study of family-based Helicobacter pylori screening and its benefits: a cross-sectional study

 

Total no. of children

Infected children

Uninfected children

Children infection rate (%)

OR

(95%CI)

*P value

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

*P value

Gender

Female

128

21

107

16.41

Reference

   

Male

194

44

150

22.68

1.50

(0.84–2.66)

0.171

  

Age (years)

1–6

91

21

70

23.08

Reference

   

7–12

132

24

108

18.18

0.74

(0.39–1.43)

0.372

  

12–17

99

20

79

20.2

0.84

(0.42–1.69)

0.631

  

No. of siblings

None

133

31

102

23.31

Reference

   

One

164

29

135

17.68

0.71

(0.40–1.25)

0.231

  

Two

21

3

18

14.29

0.55

(0.15–1.99)

0.36

  

Three and more

4

2

2

50

3.29

(0.45–24.33)

0.243

  

Sibling infected

All negative or no sibling

264

31

233

11.74

Reference

   

At least one positive

58

34

24

58.62

10.65

(5.56–20.25)

< 0.001

3.28

(1.40–7.68)

< 0.05

Birth order

First

223

49

174

21.97

Reference

   

Second

90

14

76

15.56

0.65

(0.34–1.26)

0.202

  

Third and more

9

2

7

22.22

1.02

(0.20–5.04)

0.986

  

Father infected

No

134

21

113

15.67

Reference

   

Yes

87

24

63

27.59

2.05

(1.06–3.97)

< 0.05

1.83

(0.93–3.62)

0.08

Mother infected

No

147

19

128

12.93

Reference

   

Yes

112

31

81

27.68

2.58

(1.37–4.87)

< 0.05

2.15

(1.11–4.18)

< 0.05

Grandmother/

father infected

No

94

21

73

22.34

Reference

   

Yes

64

15

49

23.44

1.064

(0.50–2.26)

0.872

  
  1. *P value was calculated by univariate logistic regression, p < 0.05 indicates that infection risk increase/decrease significantly compared with the reference groups. P value was calculated by multivariate logistic regression and was adjusted with items of p < 0.1 in univariate logistic regression.
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