Table 2.

The characters of H. pylori associated gastric mucosal inflammation in different age population: H. pylori associated mucosal inflammation aggravate in elderly patient, especially in proximate stomach

Age group	Antrum	IA	Corpus	p Value
Young group(20y~25y)	1.20 ± 0.17	0.85 ± 0.13	0.37 ± 0.10	< 0.001
Mid-aged group(40y~50y)	1.57 ± 0.19	1.45 ± 0.19	1.03 ± 0.13	0.077
Elderly group(>60y)	1.72 ± 0.19	1.77 ± 0.17	1.83 ± 0.18	0.902
Kruskal-Wallis H (p)	0.132	< 0.001	< 0.001	–

IA Incisura angularis, Data present as standard error of the mean