Table 3.
The distribution of H. pylori infection, gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia according to the presence or absence of inflammatory activity.
| Inflammatory activity | Cases (N) | Gender | H. pylori infection | Gastric atrophy | Intestinal metaplasia | Dysplasia | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Negative | Positive | Mild | Moderate | Severe | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | None | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||
| Negative (%) | 2756 | 1399 (50.76) | 1357 (49.24) | 2692 (97.68) | 64 (2.32) | 1625 (58.96) | 1005 (36.47) | 126 (4.57) | 414 (15.02) | 1763 (63.97) | 476 (17.27) | 103 (3.74) | 2655 (96.34) | 85 (3.08) | 12 (0.44) | 4 (0.14) |
| Positive (%) | 1213 | 652 (53.75) | 561 (46.25) | 443 (36.52) | 770 (63.48) | 666 (54.91) | 509 (41.96) | 38 (3.13) | 208 (17.15) | 795 (65.54) | 162 (13.36) | 48 (3.95) | 1180 (97.28) | 26 (2.14) | 6 (0.50) | 1 (0.08) |
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| Total | 3969 | 2051 | 1918 | 3135 | 834 | 2291 | 1514 | 164 | 622 | 2558 | 638 | 151 | 3835 | 111 | 18 | 5 |
| P | 0.083 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.381 | |||||||||||
Note. The numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of H. pylori infection, gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia in the inflammatory activity-negative and -positive groups.