Authors | Country and population studied | Sampling site of Histology stain | Sampling site of Rapid urease test | Age range of subjects (years) | Numbers of subjects | Numbers of H. pylori-positive % |
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Choi et al. [22] | Korea, health check-up examinees | *1LA1LB | 1LA | Mean 47.8 | 515 | 53.2 |
Hsu et al. [23] | Taiwan, dyspepsia | - | 1LA vs. 1LA1GB | Mean 55.0-57.8 | 355 | 33.5 |
Vaira et al. [24] | Italy, dyspepsia | 2A | 2A | Median 52 | 1000 | 45.3 |
Goh et al. [25] | Malaysia, dyspepsia | 1A1B | 1A1B | Mean 50.7 | 206 | 53.9 |
Shin et al. [8] | Korea, gastritis with atrophy | 2A2B | 1A1B | Mean 57.7 | 651 | 41.2 |
Siddique et al. [26] | Kuwait, endoscopy evaluation | - | 1A vs. 2A vs. 3A vs. 4A | Mean 36.1 | 100 | - |
Yoo et al. [21] | Korea, dyspepsia | 2A2B | 1LA1LB | Mean 56.8 | 430 | - |
Yakoob et al. [27] | Pakistan, dyspepsia | 2A | 2A | Mean 43 | 109 | 57.0 |
Kim et al. [28] | Korea, gastric cancer | 2LA2LB2GB | 1GB | Median 61 | 194 | 84.0 |
Tang et al. [29] | Taiwan, bleeding | 2B2U | 2A | Mean 63.5 | 324 | 53.7 |
Roma-Giannikou et al. [30] | Greece | 1A | 1A | Mean 10.4 | 254 | - |
Chey et al. [15] | Guideline | 1GA1GB1Ag | 1AgB1GA | - | - | - |