Marginal turbid band and light blue crest, signs observed in magnifying narrow-band imaging endoscopy, are indicative of gastric intestinal metaplasia

Table 2 Marginal turbid band (MTB) and light blue crest (LBC) categories and association with histological variables

Histological variables	MTB^-/LBC^-	MTB⁺/LBC^-	MTB⁺/LBC⁺	p-value*
Histological variables	(n = 33)	(n = 27)	(n = 33)	p-value*
Helicobacter pylori	0.58 ± 0.79	0.67 ± 0.73	0.30 ± 0.59	0.115
Acute inflammation	0.42 ± 0.61	0.44 ± 0.64	0.45 ± 0.56	0.979
Chronic inflammation	1.24 ± 0.44	1.56 ± 0.51	1.39 ± 0.50	0.046
T^†	a	b	a,b
Atrophy	0.45 ± 0.56	0.85 ± 0.36	1.12 ± 0.42	<0.001
T^†	a	b	b
Intestinal metaplasia	0.00 ± 0.00	0.44 ± 0.51	0.94 ± 0.24	<0.001
T^†	a	b	c

* Statistical significances were tested using one-way ANOVA.
^† The same letters indicate non-significant difference between groups on Tukey’s multiple comparison test.

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