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Table 1 Patient’s demographic characteristics by genotype of H. pylori infection

From: Genotypic determination of resistance and heteroresistance to clarithromycin in Helicobacter pylori isolates from antrum and corpus of Colombian symptomatic patients

Social factors

Clarithromycin Susceptible n (%)

Clarithromycin Resistant n (%)

Total n (%)

Sex

 Male

18 (46.1)

8 (33.3)

26 (41.3)

 Female

21 (53.9)

16 (66.7)

37 (58.7)

Age (years)

 18 a 30

8 (20.5)

2 (8.3)

10 (15.9)

 31 a 40

3 (7.7)

4 (16.7)

7 (11.1)

 41 a 50

9 (23.1)

5 (20.8)

14 (22.2)

 51 a 60

11 (28.2)

7 (29.2)

18 (28.6)

 61 a 70

5 (12.8)

4 (16.7)

9 (14.3)

  > 71

3 (7.7)

2 (8.3)

5 (7.9)

Socioeconomic Level

 Low

2 (5.1)

2 (3.2)

 Medium

12 (30.8)

12 (19)

 High

25 (64.1)

24 (100)

49 (77.8)

Education Level

 School

2 (5.1)

2 (3.2)

 High school

3 (7.7)

2 (8.3)

5 (7.9)

 Technician

2 (5.1)

2 (3.2)

 Undergraduate

28 (71.8)

15 (62.5)

43 (68.3)

 Graduate

4 (10.3)

7 (29.2)

11 (17.5)

No. of people in the household

  ≤ 1

3 (7.7)

4 (16.7)

7 (11.1)

 2

9 (23.1)

8 (33.3)

17 (27)

 3

21 (53.8)

6 (25)

27 (42.9)

  ≥ 4

6 (15.4)

6 (25)

13 (20.6)

Total

39

24

63