Helicobacter pylori Prevalence in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimen

Table 1

Patients characteristics by number of sections submitted.

	Number of sections		Total
	1-2	4-6
Number of cases
Age group
15-29	51 (23.1%)	59 (22.7%)	110 (22.9%)	0.867
30-39	56 (25.3%)	75 (28.8%)	131 (27.2%)
40-49	64 (29.0%)	68 (26.2%)	132 (27.4%)
50-59	33 (14.9%)	35 (13.5%)	68 (14.1%)
60-74	17 (7.7%)	23 (8.8%)	40 (8.3%)
Age (years)				0.898
Sex
Male	90 (40.7%)	107 (41.2%)	197 (41.0%)	0.924
Female	131 (59.3%)	153 (58.8%)	284 (59.0%)
Proton pump inhibitors intake	28 (12.7%)	24 (9.2%)	52 (10.8%)	0.226
Preoperative endoscopy	12 (5.4%)	42 (16.2%)	54 (11.2%)	<0.001
Preoperative diagnosis of H. pylori	5 (2.26%)	17 (6.53%)	22 (4.57%)	+
Preoperative eradication of H. pylori	0(0%)	3(1.15%)	3(0.62%)	+
Diagnosis				0.017
Inactive gastritis	145 (65.6%)	144 (55.4%)	289 (60.1%)
Helicobacter pylori	70 (31.7%)	110 (42.3%)	180 (37.4%)
Intestinal metaplasia	3 (1.4%)	5 (1.9%)	8 (1.7%)	+
Reactive gastritis	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	+
No diagnostic abnormality	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	+

Indicates a significant relationship; +: numbers too low for statistical analysis.