Research Article
Barrett's Esophagus in an Area with an Exceptionally Low Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori Infection
Table 1
Characteristics of study sample in relation to presence of esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus.
| | Endoscopic esophagitis | Endoscopic Barrett’s esophagus |
| | Number of cases (n) | 104 | 16 | | Age (Mean ± SD, years) | | | | Gender | | | | Male () | 59 | 9 | | Female () | 45 | 7 | | Biopsy-confirmed cases (n) | | | | (1) Erosive esophagitis | 65 | 6 | | (2) Barrett’s esophagus without concomitant esophagitis | 1 | 1 | | (3) Barrett’s esophagus with concomitant esophagitis | 7 | 6 | | Normal histology | 31 | 3 | | Prevalence (%) | 3.74 | 0.78 | | Helicobacter pylori (n) | 6 | 2 |
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SD: standard deviation.
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