Research Article

The Distribution of Incomplete Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM) Subtype among Biopsy Sites according to the Updated Sydney System and Its Association with GIM Extension

Table 3

The distribution of GIM subtypes according to biopsy site with intestinalization.

Biopsy sitesTotal number of patients with successful GIM subtypingGIM subtype (n, %)
IncompleteComplete

Incisura angularis3512 (34.3)23 (65.7)
Corpus (lesser curvature)2910 (34.5)19 (65.5)
Antrum (greater curvature)196 (31.6)13 (68.4)
Antrum (lesser curvature)4217 (40.5)25 (59.5)

Chi square test: .