Table 3.

The differences of updated Sydney system score between the group showed more than six positive cells for p53 (PAb240) per 10 gastric pits (group A) and the group showed less than five cells for p53 (PAb240) per 10 gastric pits (Group B)

Contents of updated Sydney system	Group	Biopsy points
		A2	A1	IA	B1	B2
H pylori	Group A	1.25 ± 0.25	0.50 ± 0.21	1.00 ± 0.21	0.88 ± 0.24	1.38 ± 0.21
	Group B	0.71 ± 0.18	0.88 ± 0.22	0.88 ± 0.21	1.13 ± 0.19	1.41 ± 0.17
Inflammation	Group A	2.20 ± 0.12	2.20 ± 0.12	2.10 ± 0.16	2.30 ± 0.13	1.90 ± 0.16
	Group B	2.05 ± 0.18	1.99 ± 0.17	2.00 ± 0.17	2.00 ± 0.12	1.82 ± 0.12
Activity	Group A	1.40 ± 0.15	1.00 ± 0.23	1.20 ± 0.23	1.20 ± 0.23	1.30 ± 0.23
	Group B	1.06 ± 0.20	0.94 ± 0.18	1.00 ± 0.18	1.05 ± 0.16	0.94 ± 0.17
Atrophy	Group A	2.00 ± 0.14	1.75 ± 0.13	2.13 ± 0.28	2.00 ± 0.21	1.20 ± 0.30
	Group B	1.40 ± 0.15a	1.57 ± 0.15	1.67 ± 0.18	1.07 ± 0.23a	0.47 ± 0.21a
Intestinal etaplasia	Group A	0.90 ± 0.31	2.10 ± 0.41	1.80 ± 0.40	1.30 ± 0.36	0.20 ± 0.12
	Group B	0.82 ± 0.27	1.12 ± 0.29c	1.47 ± 0.32	1.11 ± 0.29	0.12 ± 0.12

A1: the lesser curvature of the antrum; A2: the greater curvature of the antrum; IA: smaller curvature of the angle; B1: and the lesser curvature of the middle corpus; B2: the greater curvature of the upper corpus.

^aP < 0.05 vs atrophy scores in group A,

^cP < 0.05 vs intestinal metaplasia scores in group A.