Recruitment to a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial in primary care: the Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial (HEAT)

Table 5 H. pylori status of consented participants

Participant sex	Total number of consented participants	H.pylori breath test result
Participant sex	Total number of consented participants	Positive	Negative	Inconclusive¹	No result¹
Female	8373	1407 (16.8%)²	6822 (81.5%)	46 (0.5%)	98 (1.2%)
Male	21,793	3957 (18.2%)³	17,590 (80.7%)	72 (0.3%)	174 (0.8%)

¹Participants with an inconclusive or missing result after the initial test at consent were sent a repeat test in the post. Not all were returned for analysis and those participants with no recorded breath test result are shown as ‘No result’
Numbers in brackets show the percentage of total consented ²females or ³males respectively for H. pylori status

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