Review
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2006; 12(38): 6109-6114
Published online Oct 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i38.6109
Table 1 Gastric cancer mortality in different populations (Modified from Winawer et al[3])
CountriesYrYr
20002020
Developed334.000440.000
Developing543.000983.000
Table 2 Gastric cancer risk index in patients with active H pylori gastritis
Grade of gastritis (infiltration by lymphocytes and plasma cells) is more severe in the corpus compared to the antrum or at least equally distributed
Activity of gastritis (infiltration by neutrophilic granulocytes) is more severe in the corpus compared to the antrum or at least equally distributed
Intestinal metaplasia present in the antrum and/or in the corpus
Table 3 Prevalence of H pylori-associated high risk gastritis (3-index-points) in relation to age (n = 845) (Modified from Leodolter et al[19])
Agen3-index-points
< 35 yr1140.9%
35-54 yr1162.7%
55-64 yr1866.5%
65-74 yr14512.7%
> 74 yr8312.6%