Rebamipide Improves Chronic Inflammation in the Lesser Curvature of the Corpus after Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Multicenter Study

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the patients.

	Rebamipide group; ( = 82)	Untreated group; ( = 87)	value
Mean age (range)	57.7 ± 1.5 (22–85)	56.7 ± 1.4 (27–80)	0.6138
Gender (male/female)	42/40	36/51	0.1997
Endoscopic diagnosis	Gastric ulcer, 13; Atrophic gastritis, 64; Early GC after ESD, 5	Gastric ulcer, 4; Atrophic gastritis, 80; Early GC after ESD, 3	0.0317
Alcohol (yes/no)	31/40 (unknown, 11)	23/55 (unknown, 9)	0.0722
Smoking (yes/no)	11/59 (unknown, 12)	8/69 (unknown, 10)	0.3365
Past history (yes/no)	15/36 (unknown, 31)	17/32 (unknown, 38)	0.5714

Data are presented as mean ± standard error or as . GC: gastric cancer and ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection.