Research Article

Gastric Cancer Screening Methods: A Comparative Study of the Chinese New Gastric Cancer Screening Score and Kyoto Classification of Gastritis

Table 4

Comparison of gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia results between the two scoring methods.

Scoring method/risk stratificationGastric atrophy valuesIntestinal metaplasia values

Chinese new gastric cancer screening scoring system (Li’s score)
 Low risk (No. 585)156 (26.67%)<0.001a129 (22.05%)<0.001a
 Medium risk (No. 93)75 (80.65%)75 (80.65%)
 High risk (No. 24)21 (88.89%)<0.001c21 (88.89%)<0.001c
Kyoto classification of gastritis scoring system
 Low risk (No. 384)27 (7.03%)<0.001a18 (4.69%)<0.001a
 Medium risk (No. 171)78 (45.61%)<0.001b66 (38.60%)<0.001b
 High risk (No. 147)147 (100%)<0.001c141 (95.92%)<0.001c

aLow-risk group vs. medium-risk group; bmedium-risk group vs. high-risk group; chigh-risk group vs. low-risk group; low-risk group: Chinese new gastric cancer screening scoring system vs. Kyoto Classification of Gastritis scoring system, ; medium-risk group: Chinese new gastric cancer screening scoring system vs. Kyoto Classification of Gastritis scoring system, . No.: case number.