Epstein-Barr Virus Association with Peptic Ulcer Disease

Table 1

General description of the study population.

Variable	Healthy controls^a	Peptic ulcer
		Duodenal	Gastric
total (%)	129 (100)	58 (100)	20 (100)
Age (mean ± SD)	41.6 ± 7.7
Sex, male : female ratio	64/65 = 0.98	31/27 = 1.15	10/10 = 1
EBV positives, IgG (%)	128 (99.2)	58 (100)	20 (100)
Anti-IgG EBV^b median	73.7		73.9
Anti-IgG EBV (range)	(20.1–160.7)	(21.2–182.2)	(25.2–183.5)
EBV positives, IgA (%)	22 (17.1)	18 (31.0)	14
HP positives, (%)	77 (60.5)	54	14 (70)
Anti-HP^c median	2.5		1.9
HP (range)	(1–10.9)	(1–16.2)	(1–7.8)
CagA positives, (%)	52 (43.4)	43	9 (45)
Anti-CagA^c median	4.9	5.5	3.9
CagA (range)	(1.7–26.1)	(1.7–23.6)	(2–8)

Significant differences: and . SD: standard deviation.
^aUsed as control group for comparison.
^bUnits (HU/mL).
^cELISA units.