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. 2011 Nov 29;6(11):e27954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027954

Table 6. Association between vacA genotypes and disease type.

vacA status DU* GC* GE* GU* GUDU* NUD* Total
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
s1m1 3 (42.9) 1 (100) 3 (42.9) 6 (54.5) 0 (0) 40 (42.6) 53 (43.8)
s1m2 1 (14.3) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (16.0) 18 (14.9)
s2m2 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (28.6) 3 (27.3) 0 (0) 13 (13.8) 18 (14.9)
s1m1m2 3 (42.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (9.1) 0 (0) 14 (14.9) 18 (14.9)
s1s2m1m2 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (1.1) 1 (0.8)
s2m1m2 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (3.2) 3 (2.5)
§Incomplete vacA 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (9.1) 1 (100) 8 (8.5) 10 (8.3)
Total 7 1 7 11 1 94 121

*Du = Duodenal ulcer; GC = gastric cancer; GE = gastric erosion; GU = gastric ulcer; GUDU = gastric and duodenal ulcers; NUD = non-ulcerative diseases.

§

Incomplete vacA = either vacA s or vacA m regions were not detected (4/10 vacAs1 was detected & vacAm was missing, 2/10 vacAs2 detected and vacAm missing, 2/10 vacAm1 detected and vacAs missing and for 2/10 both vacAs and vacAm were missing).