Table 2.
Genotypic distribution frequencies of the BsmI VDR gene polymorphism in H. pylori-infected and -uninfected patients according to the strong degree of neutrophil polymorphs activity in gastric mucosa
| H. pylori infection | Genotypes | Strong degree of neutrophil polymorphic activity
|
p-value | Z-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | ||||
| Virulent strains | bb | 27/60 | 45.00 | 0.055 | 1.596 |
| BB+Bb | 16/25 | 64.00 | |||
| Non-virulent strains | bb | 6/14 | 42.86 | 0.187 | 0.891 |
| BB+Bb | 5/18 | 27.78 | |||
| Negative | bb | 3/46 | 6.25 | 0.220 | 0.773 |
| BB+Bb | 5/45 | 11.11 | |||
Abbreviations: VDR, vitamin D receptor; H. pylori, Helicobacter pylori.