Expression of TFF2 and Helicobacter pylori infection in carcinogenesis of gastric mucosa

Table 1 The expression pattern of TFF2 protein in carcinogen-esis of gastric mucosa

Classification	Cases	TFF2				Rates of positivity
		-	+	++	+++
CSG	16	0	1	5	10	100%
CAG	20	0	5	11	4	100%
IM	35	35	0	0	0	0
GED	23	10	9	2	2	56.5%
CA	25	25	0	0	0	0

Table 2 The relationship between the expression of TFF2 and H. pylori infection

Classification	Cases	TFF2	t test
CSG
H. pylori (+)	8	52.89 ± 7.27	P > 0.05
H. pylori (-)	8	46.49 ± 13.04
CAG
H. pylori (+)	12	18.17 ± 4.09	P < 0.01
H. pylori (-)	8	37.93 ± 13.80
IM
H. pylori (+)	16	0
H. pylori (-)	19
GED
H. pylori (+)	12	14.44 ± 9.32	P < 0.05
H. pylori (-)	11	24.84 ± 10.22
CA
H. pylori (+)	15	0
H. pylori (-)	9