Table 1.

The characteristics of the clinical features between the CAG and CSG

Variable	CSG ($n=$ 157)	CAG ($n=$ 90)
Age, years (mean $\pm$ SD)	56.35 $\pm$ 7.98	58.98 $\pm$ 8.08
Sex, ($n$)
Male	64	39
Female	93	51
H. Pylori ($n$)
Positive	75	43
Negative	63	47
NA	19	$-$
Standard Gastritis Markers (ng/mL)
PGI (mean $\pm$ SD)	180.41 $\pm$ 92.25	175.74 $\pm$ 87.48
PGII (mean $\pm$ SD)	15.27 $\pm$ 7.36	16.09 $\pm$ 8.63
PGI/PGII (mean $\pm$ SD)	11.94 $\pm$ 2.34	11.25 $\pm$ 2.23*

CSG: Chronic Superficial Gastritis, CAG: Chronic Atrophy Gastritis, SD: standard deviation, NA: Not Available, ^*P< 0.05, compared with CSG group.