Figure 1

Correlation of histological gastritis with diagnosis. *NUD = non ulcer dyspepsia; *GU = gastric ulcer; *DU = duodenal ulcer; *GC = gastric carcinoma. *Gastritis score was a total sum of grade of gastritis (mild = 1, moderate = 2, marked = 3 infiltration with lymphocytes and plasma cells) and activity of gastritis (mild = 1, moderate = 2, marked = 3 infiltration with neutrophilic granulocytes), a maximum of a sum of 6 points for each individual patient. (Kruskal Wallis test; p = 0.005).