TABLE 1.

Clinical data for the 20 H. pylori-infected and noninfected patients

Patient	Age (yr)	ELISA serology	Helicoblot 2.0 serology	Genotype
				vacA	cagA	cagE	cag PAI	oip status
H. pylori-infected patients
1	12.6	+	+	s2m2	−	NP	NP	NP
2	10.3	NPa	+	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
3	11.8	+	+	s2m2	−	+	Mixed	Off
4	8.1	+	+	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
5	11.0	+	+	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
6	10.7	NP	NP	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
7	10.4	NP	NP	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
8	7.3	−	NP	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
9	9.3	NP	NP	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
10	7.3	NP	NP	s2m2	−	−	Absent	Off
Noninfected patients
1	5.8	+	+
2	9.6	−	−
3	11.5	+	+
4	16.7	−	−
5	12.0	−	−
6	9.7	−	NP
7	10.7	−	NP
8	7.7	−	NP
9	7.6	NP	NP
10	18.8	−	NP

^aNP, not performed.