Table 2. Gastric pathology in HIV positive ART-treated, HIV positive ART- naïve and HIV negative individuals.
Global mucosal diagnosis | ART treated n (%) |
ART naïve n (%) |
HIV negative n (%) |
P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
CLE completed | n = 41 | n = 27 | n = 22 | |
Histology completed | n = 49 | n = 27 | n = 22 | |
Intestinal metaplasia (Histology) | 6 (12) | 1 (4) | 2 (9) | 0.60 |
Intestinal metaplasia (CLE) | 25 (61) | 16 (59) | 8 (36) | 0.16 |
Hypochlorhydria | 29 (56) | 19 (59) | 7 (33) | 0.15 |
Fluorescein leakage | 13 (32) | 10 (40) | 8 (36) | 0.78 |
H. pylori (Histology) Current infection | 26 (53) | 9 (33) | 5 (23) | 0.04 |
Chronic non-atrophic gastritis (Histology) | 34 (69) | 24 (89) | 15 (68) | 0.13 |
Active non-atrophic gastritis (Histology) | 2 (4) | 2 (7) | 5 (23) | 0.05 |
Antral atrophy (Histology) | 4 (8) | 0(0) | 0 (0) | 0.18 |