Research Article
Correlation between the Intensity of Helicobacter pylori Colonization and Severity of Gastritis
Table 4
Relationship between histopathological findings and severity of H. pylori infection in patients with chronic gastritis.
| The severity of Helicobacter pylori colonization | Mild | Moderate | Severe | (chi-square) |
| Histopathological findings | Metaplasia | Yes | 30 (8.60%) | 32 (19.63%) | 6 (18.75%) | 0.001 | No | 319 (91.40%) | 131 (80.37%) | 26 (81.25%) | Atrophy | Yes | 13 (3.72%) | 15 (9.20%) | 5 (15.63%) | 0.004 | No | 336 (96.28%) | 148 (90.80%) | 27 (84.38%) | Ulcer | Yes | 10 (2.87%) | 10 (6.13%) | 3 (9.38%) | 0.07 | No | 339 (97.13%) | 153 (93.87%) | 29 (90.63%) | Lymphoid follicle | Yes | 106 (34.53%) | 100 (61.73%) | 25 (78.13%) | 0.001 | No | 201 (65.47%) | 62 (38.27%) | 7 (21.88%) |
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Not significant.
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