Table 5 Patients with consensus gastritis: evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection.
| Decennial | Gastritis | H pylori on histology and/or culture | ELISA positive for H pylori | Immunoblot positive for H pylori | Cag A positive (immunoblot and/or culture) | Any evidence of H pylori (2 tests positive for H pylori) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | JPN | UK | JPN | UK | JPN | UK | JPN | UK | JPN | UK | JPN | |
| 20s | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 (1) | 5 (5) |
| 30s | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 (8) | 6 (3) |
| 40s | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 (7) | 11 (10) |
| 50s | 12 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 (10) | 15 (14) |
| 60s | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 12 (11) | 16 (12) |
| 70s | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 (13) | 14 (12) |
| Total | 59 | 76 | 45 | 56 | 41 | 54 | 45 | 62 | 44 | 59 | 53 (51) | 67 (56) |
ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.