TABLE 2.
iceA status of H. pylori strains from four countries
| Country and clinical outcome | n | No. (%) of strains with the following genotype:
|
No. (%) of strains without iceA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iceA1 | iceA2 | iceA1 iceA2 | |||
| Korea | |||||
| Gastritis | 22 | 17 (77.3) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (18.2) | 0 (0) |
| Gastric cancer | 60 | 40 (66.7) | 9 (15.0) | 11 (18.3) | 0 (0) |
| DU | 53 | 37 (69.8) | 4 (7.5) | 12 (22.6) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 135 | 94 (69.6) | 14 (10.4) | 27 (20.0) | 0 (0) |
| Japan | |||||
| Gastritis | 30 | 17 (56.7) | 7 (23.3) | 6 (20.0) | 0 (0) |
| Gastric cancer | 34 | 22 (64.7) | 6 (17.6) | 6 (17.6) | 0 (0) |
| DU | 48 | 30 (62.5) | 11 (22.9) | 7 (14.6) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 112 | 69 (61.6) | 24 (21.4) | 19 (17.0) | 0 (0) |
| United States | |||||
| Gastritis | 26 | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Gastric cancer | 16 | 3 (18.8) | 12 (75.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (6.3) |
| DU | 28 | 0 (0) | 25 (89.3) | 3 (10.7) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 70 | 11 (15.7) | 55 (78.6) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (1.4) |
| Colombia | |||||
| Gastritis | 34 | 9 (26.5) | 17 (50.0) | 8 (23.5) | 0 (0) |
| Gastric cancer | 46 | 12 (26.1) | 20 (43.5) | 12 (26.1) | 2 (4.3) |
| DU | 27 | 12 (44.4) | 11 (40.7) | 4 (14.8) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 107 | 33 (30.8) | 48 (44.9) | 24 (22.4) | 2 (1.9) |