Table 2.

Correlation between lectin binding and TFF1 and H. pylori binding to human gastric mucins.

Lectin	TFF1		H. pylori P12		H. pylori J99		H. pylori 26695		H. pylori G27
	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p
MAA	0.636	0.03	0.734	0.009	0.436	0.18	0.636	0.04	0.591	0.06
PNA	0.566	0.06	0.769	0.005	0.464	0.15	0.491	0.13	0.473	0.14
WFA	0.308	0.33	0.482	0.11	0.209	0.54	0.536	0.09	0.273	0.42
SBA	0.392	0.21	0.587	0.05	0.300	0.37	0.636	0.04	0.327	0.33
UEA-1	−0.252	0.43	−0.189	0.55	0.364	0.27	−0.064	0.86	0.191	0.57
GS-II	0.811	0.002	0.769	0.005	0.791	0.006	0.718	0.01	0.800	0.005
AIA	0.454	0.14	0.559	0.06	0.454	0.16	0.500	0.12	0.482	0.14

Binding of TFF1 and all H. pylori strains to gastric mucins correlated with binding of lectin GS-II (indicated in bold). Spearman’s correlation coefficient (rho) and the p value are given.