Editorial
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2012; 18(12): 1279-1285
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1279
Table 1 Prevalence of chronic atrophic gastritis
AuthorYearCountryStudy typePatientsAge (yr)CAG (%)
Serology
Sipponen et al[14]2003FinlandGeneral population12 252 (men)51-655.2
Green et al[15]2005New ZealandGeneral population466> 656.7
Weck et al[16]2007GermanyGeneral population944450-746
Telaranta-Keerle et al[17]2010FinlandGeneral population425618-923.5
Histology
Oksanen et al[18]2000FinlandEndoscopic cohort20719-83131
Borch et al[19]2000SwedenGeneral Population50135-859.42
Asaka et al[20]2001JapanGeneral Population2455< 20 to > 7055.53
Redéen et al[21]2003SwedenGeneral Population48837-859
Storskrubb et al[22]2008SwedenGeneral Population97620-806.64
Zou et al[23]2011ChinaGeneral Population102218-8063.83
Table 2 Incidence of gastric cancer in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis or pernicious anemia
AuthorYearCountryStudy typePatientsAge, median or range (yr)GCAnnual incidence of GC, person-year (%)
Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis
Walker et al[25]1971AustraliaRetrospective4040-644 (10)0.6
Ectors et al[26]1986United KingdomRetrospective225-3 (1.3)0.1
Tatsuta et al[27]1993JapanRetrospective654-22 (3.4)0.2
You et al[28]1999ChinaProspective2082135-6419 (0.9)0.2
Whiting et al[29]2002United KingdomProspective1042> 4012 (11.5)1.1
Dinis-Ribeiro et al[30]2004PortugalRetrospective1771-4 (2.2)0.7
Lahner et al[31]2005ItalyProspective10622-741 (0.9)0.1
de Vries et al[32]2008NetherlandsRetrospective84 072265.71035 (1.2)0.2
Vannella et al[33]2010ItalyRetrospective30018-783 (1)0.2
Patients with pernicious anemia
Borch et al[34]1986SwedenProspective61-00
Kokkola et al[35]1998FinlandProspective6220-732 (3.2)1.10
Sjöblom et al[36]1993FinlandProspective5627-782 (3.5)1.20
Armbrecht et al[37]1990United KingdomProspective2726-8100
Bresky et al[38]2003SpainProspective68-00
Ye et al[39]2003SwedenRetrospective21 26574.3177 (0.8)0.10
Vannella et al[33]2010ItalyRetrospective12923-742 (1.5)0.30