©The Author(s) 2021.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2021; 27(18): 2238-2250
Published online May 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i18.2238
Published online May 14, 2021. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v27.i18.2238
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
| Characteristic | n = 254 |
| Age (yr, mean ± SD) | 45.9 ± 14.6 |
| Sex, male, n (%) | 119 (46.9) |
| Indication for endoscopy, n (%) | |
| Screening | 132 (52.0) |
| Dyspepsia | 42 (16.5) |
| Abdominal pain | 47 (18.5) |
| Other | 33 (13.0) |
| Endoscopic diagnosis, n (%) | |
| Peptic ulcer | 11 (4.3) |
| Gastric neoplasia | 25 (9.8) |
| Non-neoplastic polyp | 19 (7.5) |
| Chronic active gastritis | 135 (53.1) |
| Helicobacter pylori infection, n (%) | 163 (64.2) |
| Gastric atrophy, n (%) | |
| None/mild | 117 (66.9) |
| Moderate | 37 (21.1) |
| Severe | 21 (12.0) |
| Intestinal metaplasia, n (%) | |
| None | 115 (65.7) |
| Antrum only | 22 (12.6) |
| Corpus | 38 (21.7) |
| Serum PG (ng/mL, mean ± SD) | |
| PG I | 64.4 ± 32.4 |
| PG II | 20.5 ± 14.7 |
| PG I/II ratio | 4.11 ± 2.2 |
| Serum gastrin (pg/mL, mean ± SD) | 123.1 ± 149.9 |
- Citation: Cho JH, Jeon SR, Jin SY, Park S. Standard vs magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric precancerous conditions. World J Gastroenterol 2021; 27(18): 2238-2250
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v27/i18/2238.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i18.2238