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Table 3.

Inflammation in gastric mucosa of patients

Hp	Normal/very mild		Mild		Medium		Severe
Hp	–	+	–	+	–	+	–	+
Inflammation	36	10	37	32	11	34^a	5^a	35^b
Atrophy	74	83	14	25	1	2	0	1
IM	80	89	8	17	1	3	0	2

IM intestinal metaplasia

^aMore Hp+ patient with medium inflammation compared to Hp− patients (P = 0.002)

bMore Hp+ patients with severe inflammation compared to Hp− subjects (P < 0.0001)