Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects
Age (y) | |
Mean ± SD | 58 ± 11 |
Range | 34 − 79 |
Gender | Number (%) |
Female | 38 (43.2) |
Male | 50 (56.8) |
H. Pylori infection | Number (%) |
Positive | 37 (42.0) |
Negative | 51 (58.0) |
Chronic atrophic gastritis | Number (%) |
Positive (H. Pylori positive) | 37 (40.9) |
(H. Pylori negative) | 24 (27.3) |
Negative | 27 (31.8) |
Neoplasms (finding on fiberscopy) | Number |
Early gastric cancer (H. Pylori positive) | 4 |
Gastric adenoma (H. Pylori positive) | 2 |
MALT lymphoma (H. Pylori positive) | 1 |
Other fiberscopic findings | 3 |
Superficial gastritis (H. Pylori positive) | 3 |
(H. Pylori negative) | 2 |
Erosive gastritis (H. Pylori positive) | 2 |
(H. Pylori negative) | 3 |
Gastric ulcer scar (H. Pylori positive) | 1 |
Duodenal ulcer scar (H. Pylori positive) | 1 |
Erosion of E-C Junction (H. Pylori negative) | 1 |
Reflux esophagitis (H. Pylori positive) | 1 |
(H. Pylori negative) | 1 |