Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and laboratorial characterization of autoimmune gastritis patients
| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Mean ± SD | |
| Patient Data | ||||||
| Age (yr) | 14.75 | 16 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 7.25 | 13.6 ± 2.87 |
| Gender | M | F | M | F | F | - |
| Ethnicity | African | African | Caucasian | Caucasian | Caucasian | - |
| Personal History | - | - | Type I Diabetes | - | - | - |
| Familial History | Mother (sarcoidosis, multiple myeloma) | Mother (breast cancer). Uncles (type I diabetes) | Mother (breast cancer) | Mother (autoimmune thyroiditis) | Mother (autoimmune thyroiditis) | - |
| Symptoms | Dyspepsia | Dyspepsia | - | - | - | - |
| Laboratorial Data | ||||||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 9.1 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 9.56 ± 0.71 |
| Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.,2 | 4.06 ± 0.96 |
| (Ref: 7-140) | ||||||
| Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) | - | 509 | 236 | 618 | - | 454 ± 160 |
| (Ref: 200-835) | ||||||
| Gastrin (pg/mL) | 106 | 479 | 548 | 32 | 800 | 393 ± 286 |
| (Ref: < 100) | ||||||
| PGI/ PGII | 1.68 | 0.9 | 2.07 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.36 ± 0.46 |
| (Ref: > 1.0) | ||||||
| PCA | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | (+) | - |
| IFA | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | (-) | - |
| TPO/Tg-Ab | (-) | (-) | (-) | (+) | (-) | - |
PCA: Parietal-cell antibody; IFA: Intrinsic factor antibody; TPO/Tg-Ab: Anti-thyroid antibodies.