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.