Table 2.
Histological scores according to cagA type and pre-EPIYA cagA type
| Western-type-cagA | East-Asian-type-cagA | ABB type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 6-bp deletion | No 6-bp deletion | |||
| n | 9 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 |
| Antrum | |||||
| Activity | 1.63 (1.5) | 1.15 (1) | 1.19 (1) | 1.50 (1.5) | 1.63 (1.5) |
| Inflammation | 1.88 (2) | 1.73 (2) | 1.76 (2) | 1.60 (1) | 2.00 (2) |
| Atrophy | 1.25 (1) | 1.04 (1) | 1.05 (1) | 1.00 (1) | 1.13 (1) |
| Intestinal metaplasia | 0.13 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) |
| Corpus | |||||
| Activity | 0.88 (1) | 0.77 (0) | 0.76 (1) | 0.80 (1) | 0.75 (1) |
| Inflammation | 1.88 (2) | 1.23 (1)* | 1.19 (1)* | 1.40 (1) | 1.63 (2) |
| Atrophy | 1.00 (1) | 0.42 (0)* | 0.33 (0)* | 0.80 (1) | 0.88 (1) |
| Intestinal metaplasia | 0.25 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) |
Histology data are presented as mean (median)
* P < 0.05 compared to Western-type-cagA