Elevated Levels of Interferon-γ Are Associated with High Levels of Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Patients with the Intestinal Type of Gastric Cancer

Table 3

Analysis of the HP status in the gastric cancer patients.

Variable	Healthy controls^a	Gastric cancer
		Intestinal	Diffuse	Mixed	Total GC
n	118	40	63	24	127
HP
Positive, n (%)	58 (49.2)	22 (55)	49 (77.8)	17 (70.8)	88 (69.3)
p^b		0.643	0.002	0.116	0.015
CagA+
Positive, n (%)	35 (29.7)	14 (35)	38 (60.3)	13 (54.2)	65 (73.9)
p^b		0.718	0.009	0.117	0.000

CagA = cytotoxin-associated gene A; HP = Helicobacter pylori. Numbers in bold denote statistical significance (). ^aUsed as control group; ^bproportion test for positive samples.