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. 2006 Nov;55(11):1545–1552. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.080358

Table 8 Comparison of histology of cagA positive patients.

Antral atrophy Antral IM Antral activity Antral CI Corpus atrophy Corpus IM Corpus activity Corpus CI
UK score (median (IQR)) 2 (0–4) 0 (0–10 2 (0–4) 5 (3–8) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–2) 2 (1–4)
Japan score (median (IQR)) 4 (2–6) 0 (0–40 4 (0.5–5) 6 (4–8) 3 (0–5) 0 (0–3) 4 (0.5–4) 5.5 (4–7)
Median difference (95% CI) 3 (1–3) 0 (0–0) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2) 2 (1–3) 0 (0–0) 2 (1–3) 3 (2–4)
Mann‐Whitney U test (p value) <0.0001 0.9 0.008 0.04 0.0001 0.007 0.0001 0.0001

CI, chronic inflammation; IM, intestinal metaplasia; IQR, interquartile range; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.