Clinical Outcome of Eradication Therapy for Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma according to H. pylori Infection Status

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of H. pylori-positive and H. pylori-negative gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma patients.

Variables	H. pylori+ ()	H. pylori− ()	P value
Mean age (SD	58.9 (11.5)	58.5 (6.7)	0.651
Gender (%)			0.051
Male	14 (33)	8 (67)
Female	28 (67)	4 (33)
Site of lesion (%)			0.001
Proximal	23 (55)	4 (33)
Distal	15 (36)	2 (17)
Both	4 (9)	6 (50)
Number of lesions (%)			0.046
Single	22 (52)	2 (17)
Multiple	20 (48)	10 (83)
Endoscopic finding (%)			0.356
Superficial type	37 (88)	9 (75)
Advanced cancer-like type	5 (12)	3 (25)
Clinical stage (%)			0.067
I	40 (95)	9 (75)
II or more	2 (5)	3 (25)

Cardia, fundus, high body, or midbody. Low body, angle, or antrum.
SD: standard deviation; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.