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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2006; 12(34): 5509-5512
Published online Sep 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i34.5509
Table 1 Age and sex distribution of H pylori positive patients without gross pathology of gastric mucosa during upper GI-endoscopy
Endoscopic normal gastric mucosawith H pylori infection
Number (n)845
Mean age (yr)54.8 (18-87)
Sex
Male450/845 (53.2%)
Female395/845 (46.8%)
Age (yr)
< 35114/845 (13.5%)
35-44120/845 (14.2%)
45-54151/845 (17.9%)
55-64199/845 (23.6%)
65-74166/845 (19.6%)
> 7595/845 (11.2%)
Table 2 Frequency of intestinal metaplasia (IM) in the gastric antrum and the corpus in patients without macroscopic pathology during upper GI-endoscopy
Age (yr)Overall IMIM only inthe antrumIM only in thecorpusIM in antrumand corpus
< 359/114 (7.9%)1/114 (0.9%)7/114 (6.1%)1/114 (0.9%)
35-4414/120 (11.7%)2/120 (1.7%)12/120 (10.0%)0/120 (0.0%)
45-5428/151 (18.5%)7/151 (4.6%)18/151 (11.9%)3/151 (2.0%)
55-6450/199 (25.1%)7/199 (3.5%)35/199 (17.6%)8/199 (4.0%)
64-7565/166 (39.2%)6/166 (3.6%)51/166 (30.7%)8/166 (4.8%)
> 7538/95 (40.0%)6/95 (6.3%)24/95 (25.2%)8/95 (8.4%)
Differences between age groupsP < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)
Table 3 Frequency of severe atrophy, antrum- and corpus-gastritis score in H pylori positive patients in different age-groups in patients without macroscopic pathology during upper GI-endoscopy
Age (yr)Severe atrophyAntrum gastritisscoreCorpus gastritisscore
< 350/114 (0.0%)3.36 ± 0.902.49 ± 1.17
35-442/120 (1.7%)3.17 ± 0.862.73 ± 1.02
45-543/151 (2.0%)3.32 ± 1.042.85 ± 1.04
55-644/199 (2.0%)3.38 ± 0.942.93 ± 1.17
64-759/166 (5.4%)3.20 ± 0.922.98 ± 1.08
> 759/95 (11.2%)3.08 ± 0.963.06 ± 1.15
Differences between age groupsP < 0.001 (χ2-test)NS (ANOVA)P < 0.001 (ANOVA)
Table 4 Comparison of gastric cancer risk index and phenotype of gastritis in 845 patients with H pylori positive gastritis
Phenotype of gastritisGastric cancer risk index
0 point1 point2 points3 points
Antrum-predominant gastritis156104210
Pangastritis10717811336
Corpus-predominant gastritis2226244