Helicobacter pylori infection, dementia and primary open-angle glaucoma: are they connected?

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 2 Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with dementia and control patients

Dementia	Percentage in %	Control group	Percentage in %	Statistical significance
41/60	68.33	14/31	45.16	p < 0.05
Alzheimer’s disease	69.44	14/31	45.16	p < 0.05
25/36	69.44	14/31	45.16	p < 0.05
Parkinson’s dementia	66.67	14/31	45.16	p < 0.05
6/9	66.67	14/31	45.16	p < 0.05
Frontotemporal dementia	66.67	15/31	45.16	p < 0.05
4/6	66.67	15/31	45.16	p < 0.05
Lewy body dementia	66.67	15/31	45.16	p < 0.05
6/9	66.67	15/31	45.16	p < 0.05

The table depicts comparative data between patients with dementia in total and per diagnosis and members of the control group in regard to Hp infection. For the statistical analysis the x2 criterion was applied. The level of statistical significance was set at a threshold for p < 0.05.

ISSN: 1471-2415