Table 7.
Independent Predictors of Moderate to Severe Neutrophil Infiltration of the Antrum and Corpus
| Variable | No. of subjects (%) or mean±SD |
HR | 95% CI | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antrum | ||||
| Male | ||||
| vacA s1 (negative vs positive) | 37 (46.3) vs 100 (74.1) | 1.918 | 0.957–3.824 | 0.066 |
| vacA m1 (negative vs positive) | 50 (54.9) vs 73 (72.3) | 0.886 | 0.423–1.854 | 0.747 |
| cagA (negative vs positive) | 54 (50.9) vs 94 (77.0) | 2.209 | 1.105–4.420 | 0.025 |
| oipA (negative vs positive) | 49 (48.5) vs 98 (77.2) | 2.719 | 1.407–5.253 | 0.003 |
| Female | ||||
| Age, yr | 53.15±11.38 | 0.968 | 0.945–0.991 | 0.007 |
| IL-8-781 (TT vs CC+CT) | 21 (46.7) vs 231 (67.3) | 2.981 | 1.297–6.852 | 0.010 |
| vacA s1 (negative vs positive) | 68 (29.1) vs 166 (70.9) | 2.212 | 1.212–4.036 | 0.010 |
| vacA m1 (negative vs positive) | 88 (40.6) vs 129 (59.4) | 1.701 | 0.928–3.118 | 0.086 |
| vacA m2 (negative vs positive) | 194 (89.0) vs 24 (11.0) | 10.420 | 2.230–48.701 | 0.003 |
| cagA (negative vs positive) | 96 (37.8) vs 158 (62.2) | 1.306 | 0.701–2.436 | 0.401 |
| oipA (negative vs positive) | 99 (39.1) vs 154 (60.9) | 1.353 | 0.771–2.373 | 0.292 |
| Corpus | ||||
| Male | ||||
| Age, yr | 54.70±11.93 | 1.025 | 0.998–1.052 | 0.070 |
| Smoking (negative vs positive) | 56 (76.7) vs 95 (62.5) | 0.381 | 0.178–0.813 | 0.013 |
| IL-8-781 (TT vs CC+CT) | 13 (46.4) vs 137 (69.9) | 3.516 | 1.388–8.905 | 0.008 |
| vacA s1 (negative vs positive) | 43 (53.8) vs 98 (72.6) | 2.138 | 1.080–4.232 | 0.029 |
| cagA (negative vs positive) | 60 (56.6) vs 94 (77.0) | 1.866 | 0.956–3.643 | 0.067 |
| Female | ||||
| vacA s1 (negative vs positive) | 86 (61.0) vs 173 (77.6) | 1.915 | 1.160–3.163 | 0.011 |
| vacA m1 (negative vs positive) | 101 (65.2) vs 139 (76.8) | 1.375 | 0.768–2.460 | 0.283 |
HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.