Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with gastric epithelial dysplasia according to morphological types
| Â | Morphologic types | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adenomatous | Foveolar | Hybrid | ||
(n = 167) | (n = 103) | (n = 87) | ||
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 64.0 ± 9.2 | 60.8 ± 9.0 | 62.9 ± 9.3 | 0.732 |
Gender, male:female | 117:50 | 70:33 | 59:28 | 0.907 |
H. pylori infection | 134 (80.2) | 77 (74.8) | 73 (84.1) | 0.284 |
Location (longitudinal) | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 Body/fundus | 98 (58.7) | 26 (25.2) | 26 (29.9) |  |
 Antrum/pylorus | 69 (41.3) | 77 (74.8) | 61 (70.1) |  |
Location (circular) | Â | Â | Â | 0.023 |
 LC | 79 (47.3) | 32 (31.1) | 32 (36.8) |  |
 GC/AW/PW | 88 (52.7) | 71 (68.9) | 55 (63.2) |  |
Macroscopic shape | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
 Elevated/protruded | 101 (60.5) | 39 (37.9) | 33 (37.9) |  |
 Flat/depressed | 66 (39.5) | 64 (62.1) | 54 (62.1) |  |
Color | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
 Discolored | 118 (70.1) | 22 (21.4) | 33 (37.9) |  |
 Normal/reddish | 49 (29.9) | 81 (78.6) | 54 (62.1) |  |
Ulceration | 4 (2.4) | 7 (6.8) | 4 (4.6) | 0.211 |
Size (cm, mean ± SD) | 1.5 ± 0.9 | 1.2 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 2.5 | 0.093 |
Histologic grade | Â | Â | Â | 0.002 |
 Low | 127 (76.0) | 66 (64.1) | 48 (55.2) |  |
 High | 40 (24.0) | 37 (35.9) | 39 (44.8) |  |