Table 4.
Frequency of Helicobacter pylori infection in CAAG patients, by comorbidity
Group | Positive, n (%) |
CAAG patients (n = 136) | 39 (28.7) |
CAAG patients with comorbidity | |
gNET (n = 20) | 3 (15.0) |
Autoimmune thyroiditis (n = 86) | 23 (26.7) |
Diabetes (n = 23) | 5 (21.7) |
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (n = 16) | 2 (12.5) |
CAAG, chronic atrophic autoimmune gastritis; gNET, gastric neuroendocrine tumor.