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Decade of birth as an independent risk factor of H pylori seropositivity (multivariate logistic regression analysis). |
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1997 |
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| Year of patients' birth |
Odds ratio |
95% CI |
p |
Odds ratio |
95% CI |
p |
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| > 1953 |
1 |
1 |
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| 1943–1952 |
2.49 |
1.01 – 6.14 |
0.047 |
2.08 |
1.00 – 4.34 |
0.050 |
| 1933–1942 |
4.54 |
1.71 – 12.03 |
0.002 |
3.57 |
1.67 – 7.62 |
0.001 |
| 1923–1932 |
2.47 |
1.07 – 5.73 |
0.035 |
2.87 |
0.96 – 8.56 |
0.058 |
| < 1923 |
1.69 |
0.70 – 4.06 |
0.24 |
2.08 |
0.10 – 28.38 |
0.704 |
Apostolopoulos et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2002 2:11 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-2-11 |
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