Table 2.

Differences in Gastrin-17 levels based on gastritis severity

	N	Gastrin-17, median (min-max)	p*
Chronic inflammation
Mild	23	6.0 (0.8-33.0)	0.806
Moderate	7	2.6 (0.8-40.0)
Severe	15	19.5 (1.1-40.0)
Neutrophil inflammation
Normal	22	4.2 (0.8-40.0)	0.001
Mild	18	14.0 (1.1-40.0)
Severe	5	27.6 (15-40.0)
Atrophy
Normal	36	13.65 (0.8-40.0)	0.023
Mild	4	5.85 (5.8-6.0)
Moderate	5	1.5 (1.1-2.6)

^*Kruskal Wallis test.