Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 496-500
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.496
Table 1 Correlation between H. pylori infection and the observed mucosal patterns
PatternH. pylori (+)H. pylori (-)Total
Type 1077
Type 202424
Type 354559
Type 422022
Total7636112
Table 2 The value of various mucosal patterns in predicting negative and positive H. pylori status (%)
Pattern predictingSensitivitySpecificityPositive predictive valueNegative predictive value
H. pylori (-)
Type 12010010072
Type 26710010086
Type 31429842
H. pylori (+)
Type 371869258
Type 42910010040
Type 3+41008694100