Helicobacter pylori in gastric cancer: Features of infection and their correlations with long-term results of treatment

Table 2 Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer depending on the data rapid urease test

Characteristics of gastric cancer	Degrees of infection according to RUT test				P value
	No or mild, n (%)		Moderate or marked, n (%)
Age	63.8 ± 10.1		58.8 ± 11.2		0.008
T status
T1	9	75	3	25	0.01
T2	20	66.7	10	33.3
T3	24	38.7	38	61.3
T4	1	20	4	80
N status
N0	37	64.9	20	35.1	0.0001
N1	2	10	18	90
N2	15	46.9	17	53.1
TNM
T1-2N0M0	28	70	12	30	0.002
T3N0M0	9	52.9	8	47.1
T3-4N1-2	17	32.7	35	67.3
Types of GC
Intestinal type	27	54	23	46	0.39
Diffuse-types	27	45.8	32	54.2
Grade (histolology)
G1	22	70	9	30	0.005
G2	5	26.3	14	73.7
G3	12	36.4	21	63.6
Signet ring cell carcinoma	15	57.6	11	42.3
Antibiotic therapy before surgery
No	25	41.2	37	68.5	0.025
Presence	28	52.8	17	31.5

RUT: Rapid urease test; GC: Gastric cancer.