Table 1.
Parameters of patients with or without progression n (%)
| No progression group (n = 137) | Group I (n = 134) | P value | Group II (n = 101) | P value | |
| Age (yr) | |||||
| ≤ 40 | 32 (23.4) | 45 (33.6)a | 0.045 | 35 (34.7)b | 0.027 |
| 40-50 | 76 (55.5) | 60 (44.8) | 42 (41.6) | ||
| ≥ 50 | 29 (21.1) | 29 (21.6) | 0.330 | 24 (23.7) | 0.200 |
| mean ± SD | 44.2 ± 0.7 | 43.8 ± 0.6 | 46.7 ± 0.7 | ||
| Sex | 0.600 | 0.260 | |||
| Male | 59 (43.1) | 62 (45.9) | 51 (50.5) | ||
| Female | 78 (56.9) | 72 (54.1) | 50 (49.5) | ||
| H. pylori infection | < 0.001 | 0.100 | |||
| Negative | 59 (43.1) | 30 (22.4) | 33 (32.7) | ||
| Positive | 78 (56.9) | 104 (77.6)c | 68 (67.3) | ||
a
P = 0.045 vs patients at the age of 40-50 years (χ2 = 4.04);
b
P = 0.027 vs patients at the age of 40-50 years (χ2 = 4.87);
c
P < 0.001 vs patients with no progression (χ2 = 13.13). H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.