Table 2.
The distribution of inflammatory (neutrophil) activity, gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia according to the presence or absence of H. pylori infection.
| H. pylori infection | Cases (N) | Gender | Inflammatory activity | Gastric atrophy | Intestinal metaplasia | Dysplasia | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Negative | Positive | Mild | Moderate | Severe | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||
| Negative (%) | 3135 | 1623 (51.77) | 1512 (48.23) | 2692 (85.87) | 443 (14.13) | 1818 (57.99) | 1174 (37.45) | 143 (4.56) | 466 (14.87) | 1988 (63.41) | 564 (17.99) | 117 (3.73) | 3022 (96.40) | 93 (2.97) | 15 (0.48) | 5 (0.15) |
| Positive (%) | 834 | 428 (51.32) | 406 (48.68) | 64 (7.67) | 770 (92.33) | 473 (56.71) | 340 (40.77) | 21 (2.52) | 156 (18.71) | 570 (68.34) | 74 (8.87) | 34 (4.08) | 813 (97.48) | 18 (2.16) | 3 (0.36) | 0 (0) |
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| Total | 3969 | 2051 | 1918 | 2756 | 1213 | 2291 | 1514 | 164 | 622 | 2558 | 638 | 151 | 3835 | 111 | 18 | 5 |
| P | 0.817 | 0.000 | 0.013 | 0.000 | 0.368 | |||||||||||
Note. The numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of inflammatory activity, gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia in the H. pylori-negative and -positive groups.