Table 4

Decade of birth as an independent risk factor of H pylori seropositivity (multivariate logistic regression analysis).


1987
1997


Year of patients' birth
Odds ratio
95% CI
p
Odds ratio
95% CI
p

> 1953
1


1


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