Research Article

Evaluation of the Pattern of EPIYA Motifs in the Helicobacter pylori cagA Gene of Patients with Gastritis and Gastric Adenocarcinoma from the Brazilian Amazon Region

Table 3

Association between EPIYA polymorphisms and the presence or absence of metaplasia in monoinfected patients with chronic gastritis and gastric carcinoma.

GastritisCancer
MetaplasiaOR (95% CI) Metaplasia
PresentAbsentPresentAbsent

EPIYA (AB or ABC)14613.14 (1.49–116.15)0.012205.00 (1.0509–237.89)0.05
EPIYA (ABCC or ABCCCC)6211836

Total76720 56.