Table 2

- Hematological characteristics in anemic and non-anemic patients infected with or without H. pylori infection.

ParametersH. pylori infection positive (n=202)H. pylori infection negative (n=608)
Hb <12gm/dl (n=35)Hb ≥12gm/dl (n=167)P-valueHb <12gm/dl (n=99)Hb ≥12gm/dl (n=509)P-value
Mean±SDMean±SD
Male/female (ratio)M=5/F=30 (0.167)M=98/F=69 (1.420)-M=13/F=86 (0.151)M=265/F=244 (1.09)-
Prevalence (%)17.382.70.000116.383.70.0001
Age(years)41.83±3.2938.00±1.240.219036.56±2.0137.50±0.850.6563
Hemoglobin10.77±0.1514.47±0.110.000110.90±0.1014.21±0.0620.0001
RBC4.39±0.105.08±0.040.00014.40±0.055.01±0.020.0001
MCV80.02±1.4387.62±0.350.000180.81±0.7387.92±0.230.0001
Serum ferritin13.06±4.9768.27±3.870.000114.08±1.6566.08±1.980.0001
Platelet277.8±5.4274.3±5.0710.6407307.7±10.98269.9±3.140.0001
MCH24.51±0.5728.51±0.380.000124.82±0.2930.28±1.020.0192
  • H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori, Hb: Hemoglobin, RBC: red blood cell count, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, SD: standard deviation