Variable category | E B M T group | M E A group |
p-value*
|
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Recrudescence
| (n = 60) | (n = 120) |  |
  Yes | 1 (1.7%) | 4 (3.3%) | 0.67 |
  No | 59 (98.3%) | 116 (96.7%) |  |
Reinfection
| (n = 59) | (n = 116) |  |
  Yes | 7 (11.9%) | 19 (16.4%) | 0.43 |
  No | 52 (88.1%) | 97 (83.6%) |  |
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EBMT: esomeprazole (20 mg b.i.d), tripotassium dicitrate bismuthate (300 mg q.i.d), metronidazole (500 mg t.i.d), and tetracycline (500 mg q.i.d); MEA: moxifloxacin (400 mg q.d.), esomeprazole (20 mg b.i.d), and amoxicillin (1000 mg b.i.d.).
- * P-value for Pearson chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for comparison of categorical data.