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

Table 3

Histopathological patterns of chronic gastritis and the fasting serum gastrin level among H. pylori positive patients.

Variables		Nonbleeding gastric varices; ()		Bleeding gastric varices ()		value
			%		%
H. pylori-induced chronic gastritis	Follicular	5	38.46%	23	71.88%	0.0199
	Atrophic	5	38.46%	2	6.25%
	Others (superficial or erosive)	3	23.08%	7	21.88%
Fasting serum gastrin level						0.0380