Table 3.

Demographic, symptomatology, and gastric biopsy results of infected and non-infected children undergoing endoscopy.

	H. pylori status
	Non-infected	Infected	P-value
Characteristic, N (%)	N = 12	N = 12
Male	7 (29)	5 (21)	NS
Age in years, median (IQR)	12.5 (5–17)	12 (8–14)	NS
Body Mass Index	20.1 (16.2–23.9)	21.3 (13.9–31.2)	NS
SYMPTOM SEVERITY
No symptom	0	1	NS
Mild	4 (33)	1	NS
Moderate	5 (42)	4 (33)	NS
Severe	3 (25)	6 (50)	NS
SYMPTOMS DURATION
1 week	7 (58)	5 (46)	NS
1 month	3 (25)	4 (36)	NS
1 year	2 (17)	2 (18)	NS
UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY REPORT
Normal	5 (42)	0	0.016
Gastropathy	3 (25)	0	0.064
Nodules	4 (33)	12 (100)	< 0.001
HISTOLOGY REPORT*
Gastritis
Absence	6 (55)	0	NS
Mild	5 (45)	5 (55)	NS
Moderate	0	4 (45)	0.011
Inflammatory activity
Absence	11 (100)	4 (45)	NS
Presence	0	5 (55)	0.08
Lymphoid follicles
Presence	0	2 (22)	NS
Absence	11 (100)	7 (78)	NS
Atrophy
Presence	1	0	NS
Absence	10 (91)	9 (100)	NS

^*data available for 20 subjects.