Table 2.

IL-8 -251 A/T polymorphism, cagA status and vacA gene polymorphism in patients with gastric diseases

Locus	Genotype	Patients Gastritis n (%)	Peptic Ulcer n (%)	Gastric Cancer n (%)	P value
IL-8 -251	AA	22 (14.4)	14 (23.0)	9.0 (47.4)	0.013
	AT	74 (48.4)	28 (45.9)	6.0 (31.6)
	TT	57 (37.3)	19 (31.1)	4.0 (21.1)
cagA	+	148 (74.4)	54 (80.6)	17 (85.0)	0.39
	-	51 (25.6)	13 (19.4)	3.0 (15.0)
vacA	s1m1	48 (26.5)	21 (32.3)	12.0 (66.7)	0.001
	s1m2	74 (40.9)	33 (50.8)	3.0 (16.7)
	s2m2	59 (32.6)	11 (16.9)	3.0 (16.7)