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Table 3 Hyperhomocysteinemia, B 12 and folate deficiencies in patients with functional dyspepsia with or without H.pylori infection

From: Relationship between vitamin B12, folate and homocysteine levels and H. Pylori infection in patients with functional dyspepsia: A cross-section study

Parameter

H. pylori positive

H. pylori negative

 

(n = 80)

(n = 50)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Vitamin B12 deficiency

19 (23.8)

11 (22)

(≤200 pg/mL)

  

Folate deficiency

27 (33.8)

18 (36)

(≤3.5 ng/mL)

  

Hyperhomocysteinemia

37 (46.2)

22 (44)

(>15 μmol/L)

  
  1. Percentages in H. pylori positive and H. pylori negative patients were compared by employing a test of association using chi-square.