Table 2.

Association between Kyoto classification score and the topographic distribution of neutrophil activity

	Inactive stomach	Antrum-predominant gastritis	Pangastritis	Corpus-predominant gastritis	P value
Atrophy score, mean (± SD)	1.03 (0.80)	1.30 (0.64)	1.46 (0.61)	1.76 (0.52)	< 0.001
Intestinal metaplasia score, mean (± SD)	0.53 (0.83)	0.54 (0.83)	0.57 (0.88)	1.36 (0.91)	< 0.001
Enlarged folds score, mean (± SD)	0.18 (0.39)	0.54 (0.50)	0.57 (0.50)	0.56 (0.51)	< 0.001
Nodularity score, mean (± SD)	0.27 (0.45)	0.32 (0.47)	0.53 (0.50)	0.28 (0.46)	< 0.001
Diffuse redness score, mean (± SD)	0.97 (0.85)	1.83 (0.49)	1.97 (0.25)	1.96 (0.20)	< 0.001

P value was calculated using Kruskal–Wallis test.