Eradication rate and histological changes after Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment in gastric cancer patients following subtotal gastrectomy

Table 4 Histological changes of gastric mucosa according to eradication

	Eradication success (n = 290)			Eradication failure (n = 36)			P value
	Baseline	12 mo	P value	Baseline	12 mo	P value
Atrophy	0.46 ± 0.04	0.25 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.50 ± 0.11	0.47 ± 0.12	0.698	0.023
IM	0.41 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.04	< 0.001	0.56 ± 0.14	0.51 ± 0.12	0.226	0.015
Neutrophil count	2.12 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.04	< 0.001	2.08 ± 0.12	1.11 ± 0.18	< 0.001	< 0.001
Mononuclear cells	2.10 ± 0.03	1.45 ± 0.03	< 0.001	2.08 ± 0.08	1.64 ± 0.11	0.004	0.085

0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, and 3 = marked. IM: Intestinal metaplasia.