Research Article
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA Genes and Their Association with Gastrointestinal Diseases
Table 2
Relation between clinical status by endoscope of H. pylori infection and different virulence genes.
| | Clinical status by endoscope | Test of significance | value | | Gastritis ( = 50) | peptic ulcer ( = 27) | Gastric cancer ( = 4) | Mixed lesion ( = 9) | | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| cag A | | | | | | | | | | | cag A+ | 22 | 44.0 | 18 | 66.7 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 100.0 | Fisher's exact test 178.93 | <0.001 | cag A− | 28 | 56.0 | 9 | 33.3 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ice A | | | | | | | | | | | ice A1+ | 5 | 10.0 | 2 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | Fisher's exact test 175.54 | <0.001 | ice A2+ | 7 | 14.0 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 22.2 | ice A1∕A2+ | 11 | 22.0 | 5 | 18.5 | 3 | 75.0 | 3 | 33.3 | ice A− | 27 | 54.0 | 17 | 62.9 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 11.2 |
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N: number, %: percentage, of Fisher’s exact test, . |