Table 5.
The distribution of H. pylori infection, inflammatory (neutrophil) activity, gastric atrophy, and dysplasia according to the presence or absence of intestinal metaplasia.
| Intestinal metaplasia | Cases (N) | Gender | H. pylori infection | Inflammatory activity | Gastric atrophy | Dysplasia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Negative | Positive | ||
| Negative (%) | 622 | 271 | 351 | 466 | 156 (25.08) | 414 | 208 (33.44) | 496 (79.74) | 117 (18.81) | 9 (1.45) | 606 | 16 (2.57) |
| Positive (%) | 3347 | 1780 | 1567 | 2669 | 678 (20.26) | 2342 | 1005 (30.03) | 1795 (53.63) | 1397 (41.74) | 155 (4.63) | 3229 | 118 (3.53) |
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| Total (%) | 3969 | 2051 | 1918 | 3135 | 834 (21.01) | 2756 | 1213 (30.56) | 2291 (57.72) | 1514 (38.15) | 164 (4.13) | 3835 | 134 (3.38) |
| P | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.02 | 0.000 | 0.513 | |||||||
Note. The numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of H. pylori infection, inflammatory activity, gastric atrophy, and dysplasia in the intestinal metaplasia-negative and -positive groups.