Table 3.
Multivariate analysis for the topographic distribution of neutrophil activity
| Inactive stomach | Antrum-predominant gastritis | Pangastritis | Corpus-predominant gastritis | P value | |
| No. | 73 | 82 | 147 | 25 | |
| Female sex, % | 50.7 | 42.7 | 52.4 | 48.0 | 0.646 |
| Age, mean (± SD), yr | 53.6 (14.1) | 46.8 (10.4) | 48.7 (11.3) | 60.4 (10.9) | < 0.001 |
| Body mass index, mean (± SD), kg/m2 | 22.8 (3.1) | 22.9 (3.6) | 22.0 (2.8) | 21.8 (3.2) | 0.254 |
| Drinking, % | 27.4 | 23.2 | 25.2 | 36.0 | 0.758 |
| Smoking, % | 9.6 | 8.5 | 5.4 | 20.0 | 0.083 |
| Family history of gastric cancer, % | 13.7 | 18.3 | 15.0 | 32.0 | 0.162 |
| Positive Helicobacter pylori antibody, % | 45.2 | 92.7 | 95.2 | 88.0 | < 0.001 |
| Kyoto score, mean (± SD) | 3.05 (2.36) | 4.57 (1.52) | 5.21 (1.35) | 5.96 (1.17) | < 0.001 |
P value was calculated using the multinomial logistic regression analysis.