Can endoscopic atrophy predict histological atrophy? Historical study in United Kingdom and Japan

Table 4 Multivariate analysis of factors significantly associated with reduced concordance between endoscopic and histological atrophy

	Adjusted OR	95%CI	P value
Populations
United Kingdom	1	Referent	< 0.001
Japan	0.22	0.11-0.43
Helicobacter pylori IgG
Negative	1	Referent	0.268
Positive	0.6	0.31-1.38
Age (yr)
< 50	1	Referent	0.008
≥ 50	0.32	0.16-0.66
Pepsinogen I/II ratio
> 3.0	1	Referent	0.328
≤ 3.0	1.50	0.67-3.35
Endoscopic atrophy
No atrophy	1	Referent	< 0.001
Others	0.10	0.03-0.36

Greater atrophy: Antral predominant, corpus predominant and pan-atrophy.