Table 3. Urease test results and histopathological findings of the gastric antrum and body according to 2-DE patterns and updated sydney system, respectively.

			Pattern I	Pattern II	Pattern III	p-value
Positivity of urease test
	Antrum		17 (41.5)	4 (50.0)	3 (75.0)	0.419
	Body		24 (58.5)	4 (50.0)	3 (75.0)	0.709
Histopathologic findings antrum
	Chronic gastritis					0.644
		Normal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
		Mild	28 (70.0)	4 (50.0)	3 (75.0)
		Moderate	10 (25.0)	4 (50.0)	1 (25.3)
		Severe	2 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Active gastritis					0.631
		Normal	31 (77.5)	4 (50.0)	3 (75.0)
		Mild	4 (10.0)	2 (25.0)	1 (25.0)
		Moderate	4 (10.0)	2 (25.0)	0 (0.0)
		Severe	1 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	H. pylori infiltration					0.336
		Normal	30 (87.5)	5 (62.5)	2 (50.0)
		Mild	5 (12.5)	3 (37.5)	1 (25.0)
		Moderate	5 (12.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (25.0)
		Severe	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Body
	Chronic gastritis					0.803
		Normal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
		Mild	31 (77.5)	7 (87.5)	3 (75.0)
		Moderate	9 (22.5)	1 (12.5)	1 (25.0)
		Severe	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Active gastritis					0.037
		Normal	32 (80.0)	7 (87.5)	3 (75.0)
		Mild	8 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
		Moderate	0 (0.0)	1 (12.5)	1 (25.0)
		Severe	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	H. pylori infiltration					0.006
		Normal	32 (80.0)	8 (100.0)	2 (50.0)
		Mild	8 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (25.0)
		Moderate	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (25.0)
		Severe	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Total number			40	8	4

Values are presented as number (%).

2-DE: two-dimensional electrophoresis, H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.