Table 2. Histological scores according to H. pylori infection status by culture.

	H. pylori (+)	H. pylori (-)	P
N	51	95
Antrum
Activity	1.39 (1)	0.25 (1)	<0.0001
Inflammation	1.71 (2)	0.61 (1)	<0.0001
Atrophy	1.20 (1)	0.50 (0)	<0.0001
Intestinal metaplasia	0.08 (0)	0.09 (0)	0.89
Bacterial density	1.45 (1)	0.02 (0)	<0.0001
Corpus
Activity	1.04 (1)	0.20 (0)	<0.0001
Inflammation	0.88 (1)	0.25 (0)	<0.0001
Atrophy	0.14 (0)	0.11 (0)	0.54
Intestinal metaplasia	0.06 (0)	0.01 (0)	0.97
Bacterial density	1.47 (1)	0.04 (0)	<0.0001
OLGA score	1.20 (1)	0.50 (0)	<0.0001