HP and metabolic syndrome: The age- and sex-adjusted OR (95% CI) for dyslipidemia among those with HP negative-low titer (reference category), HP negative-high titer, and HP positive titer was 1.00 (reference), 1.31 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.79), and 1.36 (95% CI: 1.10, 1.68), respectively; p for linear trend was 0.005.