Clinical Articles
Copyright ©The Author(s) 1996.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 25, 1996; 2(1): 44-50
Published online Mar 25, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.i1.44
Table 2 Comparison of incidence rates of gastric cancer, intestinal metaplasia and intestinal metaplasia subtypes between the different spleen deficiency types (n, %)
Gastric cancer
Intestinal metaplasia
Small intestinal metaplasia
Colonic intestinal metaplasia
CompleteIncompleteCompleteIncomplete
Deficiency of spleen energy (n = 31)8 (25.81)15 (48.39)6 (19.35)5 (16.13)2 (6.45)2 (6.15)
Spleen deficiency with energy stagnation (n = 36)20 (55.56)33 (91.66)4 (11.11)5 (13.89)7 (19.44)17 (47.22)