Table 2.
Concentration of somatostatin, gastrin and epidermal growth factor in Helicobacter Pylori-positive patients and Helicobacter Pylori-negative healthy volunteers (ng/L)
| Group | n |
Gastrin |
Somatostatin |
Epidermal growth factor |
|
| Gastric juice | Gastric juice | Saliva juice | Gastric juice | ||
| Con | 12 | 71.2 ± 18.3 | 105.2 ± 33.5 | 405.6 ± 35.6 | 22.0 ± 17.0 |
| CG | 25 | 84.1 ± 24.0 | 88.6 ± 24.8a | 423.0 ± 104.0 | 22.0 ± 11.1 |
| DU | 10 | 109.2 ± 24.5b | 52.4 ± 13.8b | 272.0 ± 96.3b | 8.3 ± 2.4a |
a
P < 0.05,
b
P < 0.01, compared with control group. Con: Healthy volunteers, CG: Chronic gastritis, DU: Duodenal ulcer.