Gastric xanthoma is a predictive marker for metachronous and synchronous gastric cancer

Table 3 Endoscopic score of risk for gastric cancer of the two groups

	Group A (n = 109)	Group B (n = 83)	P value
Atrophy			0.005
0	4	0
1	6	0
2	99	83
Intestinal metaplasia			0.1
0	60	35
1	33	34
2	16	14
Fold swelling			0.6
0	99	73
1	10	10
Nodular gastritis			1.0
0	109	83
1	0	0
Diffuse redness			0.5
0	4	0
1	23	25
2	82	58
Total score, median [IQR]	4 [4-5]	4 [4-5]	0.1

IQR: Interquartile range.