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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratio for monthly income and education with H. pylori infection among symptomatic patients attending at Jasmin internal medicine and pediatrics specialized clinic, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 487)

From: Magnitude of Helicobacter pylori and associated risk factors among symptomatic patients attending at Jasmin internal medicine and pediatrics specialized private clinic in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia

Variables

Stool antigen

 

Total

Positive n (%)

Negative n (%)

AOR

CI 95%

P-value

Income level

1000-1500 EB

21

13(61.9)

8(38.1)

4.316

1.093–17.038

0.037

2000-2500 EB

25

17(68.0)

8(32.0)

6.056

1.603–22.881

0.008

3000–3500 EB

414

144(34.8)

270(65.2)

2.222

0.823–5.997

0.115

> 4000 EB

27

5(18.5)

22(81.5)

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Education level

Primary

13

10(76.9)

3(23.1)

4.150

1.059–16.270

0.041

High school

32

20(62.5)

12(37.5)

2.280

1.025–5.067

0.043

University

442

149(33.7)

293(66.3)

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  1. AOR Adjusted odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, EB Ethiopian birr (1USD = 27.823 EB)