Impact of Helicobacter pylori Infection on Gastric Variceal Bleeding among Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 2

Prevalence of H. pylori infection, histopathological patterns of chronic gastritis, and the fasting serum gastrin level among the studied patients.

Variables		Nonbleeding gastric varices ()		Bleeding gastric varices ()		value
			%		%
H. pylori infection	Positive	13	40.62%	32	72.73%	0.0049
	Negative	19	59.38%	12	27.27%
Histopathological patterns	Follicular	7	21.88%	26	59.09%	0.0069
	Atrophic	5	15.63%	2	4.55%
	Erosive	9	28.13%	10	22.73%
	Superficial	11	34.38%	6	13.64%
Fasting serum gastrin level						0.0200