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

Table 3 Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric cancer depending on the concentration of Helicobacter pylori coccoid forms in the gastric mucosa

Characteristics of gastric cancer	Degrees of infection according to RUT test				P value
	No or mild, n (%)		Moderate or marked, n (%)
Age	66.2 ± 1.4		57.9 ± 2.5		0.004
T status
T1	6	85.7	1	14.3	0.04
T2	9	81.8	2	18.2
T3	12	44.4	15	55.6
T4	0	0	1	100
N status
N0	18	78.3	5	21.7	0.01
N1	1	16.7	5	83.8
N2	8	47.1	9	52.9
TNM
T1-2N0M0	14	82.3	3	17.6	0.02
T3N0M0	4	66.7	2	33.3
T3-4N1-2	9	39.1	14	60.9
Types of GC
WIntestinal type	18	75	6	25	0.02
Diffuse-types	9	40.9	13	59.1
Grade (histolology)
G1	14	93.3	1	6.7	0.008
G2	4	44.4	5	55.6
G3	2	28.3	5	71.4
Signet ring cell carcinoma	7	46.7	8	53.3
Antibiotic therapy before surgery
No	16	64.5	10	38.5	0.655
Presence	11	55	9	45

RUT: Rapid urease test; GC: Gastric cancer.