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. 2018 Oct 29;18:158. doi: 10.1186/s12876-018-0883-y

Table 1.

The severity and distribution of H.pylori colonization with increasing age

Age group Antrum IA Corpus P Value
Young group (20y-25y) 1.30 ± 0.11 1.12 ± 0.11* 0.50 ± 0.10 < 0.001
Mid-aged group (40y-50y) 1.52 ± 0.14 1.25 ± 0.12 1.05 ± 0.12 0.031
Elderly group (>60y) 1.58 ± 0.13 1.55 ± 0.12* 1.58 ± 0.10 0.974
Kruskal-Wallis H (p) 0.257 0.031 < 0.001

*means a statistically significant difference between young group and elderly group in IA, p = 0.002. IA incisura angularis