Table 12.

Correlation between the types of intestinal metaplasia and the topography of the neoplastic process

	Fornix	Fornix and body	Body	Gastric angle	Antrum	Antrum and body
Absence of metaplasia	9 (13.68%)	0	5 (7.6%)	1 (1.52%)	6 (9.12%)	6 (9.12%)
Metaplasia type I	0	0	0	4 (6.08%)	1 (1.52%)	0
Metaplasia type II	3 (4.56%)	0	1 (1.52%)	0	6 (9.12%)	2 (3.04%)
Metaplasia type III	1 (1.52%)	1 (1.52%)	3 (4.56%)	0	12 (18.24%)	5 (7.6%)