Risk of subsequent prostate cancer in peptic ulcer patients who received helicobacter pylori eradication therapy: an Asian population-based cohort study

Table 1 Distribution of age and comorbidity in the HP infection and comparison cohorts after propensity score matching

Variable	HP infection treatment N = 2620		Comparison N = 10,480		Standardized differences
Variable	n	%	n	%	Standardized differences
Age, years
20–49	1063	40.6	4386	41.9	0.026
50–64	734	28.0	2731	26.1	0.044
65+	823	31.4	3363	32.1	0.015
Mean (SD)	54.9	(16.5)	54.6	(17.7)	0.020
Comorbidity
Diabetes	532	20.3	2159	20.6	0.007
Alcohol-related illness	162	6.18	607	5.79	0.016
Smoking-related disease	1238	47.3	5469	52.2	0.099
Prostatitis	37	1.41	235	2.24	0.062
BPH	102	3.89	525	5.1	0.054
Sex transmitted disease	9	0.23	40	0.38	0.028

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