Table 1 Clinical parameters at baseline, the date of treatment completion, and the date of eradication of H. pylori

OLT score

2.25 [1.50, 3.00]

1.50 [0.89, 1.56]*

1.75 [1.19, 2.00]*

VSCs (ng/10 mL)

2.29 [1.26, 6.72]

1.69 [0.25, 2.68]

1.57 [0.78, 5.23]

H₂S (ng/10 mL)

1.19 [0.50, 4.88]

0.51 [0.13, 1.75]*

0.56 [0.35, 3.14]

CH₃SH (ng/10 mL)

0.55 [0.36, 1.24]

0.29 [0.09, 0.95]

0.58 [0.21, 1.35]

CH₃SCH₃ (ng/10 mL)

0.60 [0.38, 0.70]

0 [0.00, 0.43]*

0.32 [0.24, 0.55]

PPD (mm)

3.02 [2.98, 3.24]

3.0 [2.92, 3.02]*

3.0 [2.93, 3.02]

BOP (%)

7.64 [2.98, 21.0]

4.27 [1.74, 6.33]*

4.74 [2.22, 14.0]

PlI

0.67 [0.21. 0.83]

0.29 [0.21, 0.39]*

0.65 [0.35, 0.84]

TCS

2.00 [1.75, 2.00]

1.00 [1.00, 2.00]

1.50 [1.00, 2.00]

Ammonia (ppm)

39.0 [20.8, 45.8]

14.0 [0.00, 18.8]*

30.0 [20.0, 50.0]