Prevalence of H pylori associated ‘high risk gastritis’ for development of gastric cancer in patients with normal endoscopic findings

Table 3 Frequency of severe atrophy, antrum- and corpus-gastritis score in H pylori positive patients in different age-groups in patients without macroscopic pathology during upper GI-endoscopy

Age (yr)	Severe atrophy	Antrum gastritisscore	Corpus gastritisscore
< 35	0/114 (0.0%)	3.36 ± 0.90	2.49 ± 1.17
35-44	2/120 (1.7%)	3.17 ± 0.86	2.73 ± 1.02
45-54	3/151 (2.0%)	3.32 ± 1.04	2.85 ± 1.04
55-64	4/199 (2.0%)	3.38 ± 0.94	2.93 ± 1.17
64-75	9/166 (5.4%)	3.20 ± 0.92	2.98 ± 1.08
> 75	9/95 (11.2%)	3.08 ± 0.96	3.06 ± 1.15
Differences between age groups	P < 0.001 (χ2-test)	NS (ANOVA)	P < 0.001 (ANOVA)