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. 2024 Nov 15;16(11):4424–4435. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v16.i11.4424

Table 1.

Features of gastric hyperplastic polyps in different groups and univariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors for neoplastic transformation


GHPs without IN (n = 3874)
GHPs with IN (n = 136) χ 2 test
Univariate analysis
χ 2 value
P value
P value
OR (95%CI)
Age (mean ± SD), years 57.86 ± 0.22 64.76 ± 1.04 37.178 < 0.001 < 0.001 1.761 (1.459-2.126)
≤ 45 years, n (%) 699 (18) 9 (6)
45-65 years, n (%) 1988 (51) 54 (40)
> 65 years, n (%) 1187 (31) 73 (54)
Sex, n (%)      9.057 0.011 0.003 1.672 (1.188-2.356)
Male 1423 (37) 67 (49)
Female 2451 (63) 69 (51)
H. pylori infection, n (%) 782 (20) 22 (16) 1.865 0.172 0.174 0.721 (0.450-1.155)
Multiple polyps, n (%) 1122 (29.4) 62 (46) 23.162 < 0.001 < 0.001 2.275 (1.614-3.207)
Polyp size (mean ± SD), cm 0.66 ± 0.01 203.055 < 0.001 < 0.001 3.634 (2.948-4.478)
≤ 1 cm 3406 (88) 66 (48)
1 cm-2 cm 374 (10) 53 (39)
> 2 cm 94 (2) 17 (13)
Endoscopic color, n (%) 18.626 < 0.001 0.03 0.671 (0.472-0.972)
Normal 2113 (55) 53 (40)
Red 1488 (40) 82 (60)
White 275 (5) 1 (0)
Mucosal erosion, n (%) 289 (8) 30 (22) 38.701 < 0.001 < 0.001 3.538 (2.318-5.402)
Polyp lobulation, n (%) 185 (5) 25 (18) 49.109 < 0.001 < 0.001 4.491 (2.840-7.102)
Mucosal roughness, n (%) 864 (22) 69 (51) 59.494 < 0.001 < 0.001 3.588 (2.542-5.064)
Endoscopic classification, n (%) 169.676 < 0.001 < 0.001 2.604 (2.210-3.067)
I 2480 (64) 35 (26)
II 1007 (26) 42 (31)
III 233 (6) 27 (20)
IV 155 (4) 32 (23)
Location, n (%) 23.926 < 0.001 < 0.001 1.750 (1.384-2.212)
Upper third 1457 (38) 31 (23)
Middle third 1715 (44) 60 (44)
Lower third 702 (18) 45 (33)
Background gastric mucosa, n (%) 81.877 < 0.001 < 0.001 1.699 (1.472-1.960)
Autoimmune gastritis 364 (9.4) 29 (21)
Chronic superficial gastritis 2466 (64) 42 (31)
Chronic atrophic gastritis 712 (18) 31 (23)
Gastritis with IN 332 (9) 34 (25)

OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval; GHPs: Gastric hyperplastic polyps; IN: Intraepithelial neoplasia; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.