Research Article

The Metabonomic Studies of Tongue Coating in H. pylori Positive Chronic Gastritis Patients

Table 2

Comparison of chromatogram peaks from the TC samples of Hp positive and Hp negative chronic gastritis patients.

Var IDMean peak areaMean peak area valueVIP
(Hp positive)(Hp negative)

59373
6473
51273
62373
4243
1173
66873
79973
68073
59573
52373
32157

Note: we selected the different materials between Hp positive and Hp negative patients with , VIP > 1.0.