Table 1.

Profile of Helicobacter Pylori infection and basal acid output

Group	n	Symptom duration (> 4 mo)	H. pylori infection				Mucosal active inflammation		Basal acid	output	(mmol/h)
			0	+	+ +	+ + +	corpus	antrum	0-9	2-5	> 5
Con	14	0	12	2	0	0	2	0	0	14	0
CG	27	3	2	9	5	10	27	14	13	9	5
DU	12	3	2	8	1	1	12	4	0	1	11

Con: Healthy volunteers; CG: Chronic gastritis; DU: Duodenal ulcer.