Table 3.
Endoscopic diagnosis and relation to Helicobacter pylori status and predominant symptom in patients randomised to endoscopy plus H pylori testing. Values are numbers of patients
| Diagnosis |
H pylori positive (n=172)
|
H pylori negative (n=165)
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartburn or acid reflux (n=37) | Other symptom (n=135) | Heartburn or acid reflux (n=49) | Other symptom (n=116) | ||
| Normal | 24 | 94 | 38 | 95 | |
| Oesophagitis grade I | 9 | 9 | 8 | 15 | |
| Oesophagitis grade II | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gastric ulcer (including prepyloric ulcer) | — | 9 | — | 2 | |
| Duodenal ulcer | 3 | 19 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gastric ulcer plus duodenal ulcer | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Low grade MALToma | — | 1 | — | — | |