Table 6.
Degree of lymphocyte infiltration in Helicobacter pylori-positive and -negative patients
|
Age group
|
H. pylori
+
|
H. pylori
-
|
Z
|
P
value
|
||||||
|
n
|
Mild
|
Moderate
|
Marked
|
n
|
Mild
|
Moderate
|
Marked
|
|||
| 1-4 | 22 | 10 (45.45) | 11 (50) | 1 (4.55) | 32 | 17 (53.12) | 14 (43.75) | 1 ( 3.13) | 0.57 | 0.569 |
| 5-8 | 156 | 67 (42.95) | 75 (48.08) | 14 (8.97) | 43 | 24 (55.81) | 18 (41.86) | 1 (2.33) | 1.737 | 0.082 |
| 9-12 | 383 | 161 (42.04) | 195 (50.91) | 27 (7.05) | 52 | 31 (59.62) | 20 (38.46) | 1 (1.92) | 2.539 | 0.01a |
| 13-18 | 293 | 112 (38.23) | 151 (51.54) | 30 (10.24) | 34 | 19 (55.88) | 14 (41.18) | 1 (2.94) | 2.164 | 0.03b |
| Total | 854 | 350 (40.98) | 432 (50.59) | 72 (8.43) | 161 | 91 (56.52) | 66 (40.99) | 4 (2.48) | 3.997 | < 0.00c |
a
P < 0.05: Degree of lymphocyte infiltration in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-positive patients were compared with -negative patients in 9-12 years age group.
b
P < 0.05: Degree of lymphocyte infiltration in H. pylori-positive patients were compared with -negative patients in 13-18 years age group.
c
P < 0.05: Degree of lymphocyte infiltration was compared between H. pylori-positive and -negative groups.
Data are n (%), unless otherwise indicated. H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.