Transcriptional Profile of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Genes in Patients with Gastritis and Gastric Cancer

Table 2

Demographic data of patients in this study.

	Gastritis	Gastric cancer	Total	P value
H. pylori infection (positive/negative)	23/27	11/19	34/46	0.487
Sex (male/female)	24/26	24/6	48/32	0.005
Age range (18–30/31–45/46–60/61–85)	10/18/17/5	0/0/7/23	10/18/24/28	0.000