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Table 1 Demographics and other characteristics of patients with gastric ulcer and H. pylori infections

From: Analyzing the influence of gastric intestinal metaplasia on gastric ulcer healing in Helicobacter pylori–infected patients without atrophic gastritis

Characteristic

IM

No IM

P value

Number

136

191

 

Age (years)*

63.3 ± 12.1

59. 3 ± 13.4

0.006

Gender (F/M)

58/78

74/117

0.478

Symptoms

 Abdominal pain

100 (73.5%)

149 (78.0%)

0.349

 Abdominal fullness

54 (39.7%)

82 (42.9%)

0.560

 GERD

14 (10.3%)

17 (8.9%)

0.672

Personal history

 Smoking

32 (23.5%)

49 (25.7%)

0.661

 Alcohol

24 (17.6%)

32 (16.8%)

0.833

Co morbidity

 Cirrhosis

6 (4.4%)

11 (5.8%)

0.589

 Uremia

5 (3.7%)

7 (3.7%)

0.996

 Diabetic mellitus

28 (20.6%)

34 (17.8%)

0.526

IM type

 Complete type

14 (10.3%)

  

 Incomplete type

122 (89.7%)

  

Gastric ulcer

 Wide base (>1.5 cm)

23 (16.9%)

21 (11.0%)

0.122

Location

 antrum

62 (45.6%)

101 (52.9%)

0.194

 body

74 (54.4%)

90 (47.1%)

0.194

GU-scarring rate

125 (91.9%)

161 (84.3%)

0.040

H. pylori eradication rate

111 (81.6%)

163 (85.3%)

0.368

  1. *Data presented as the mean ± standard deviation; number (%)
  2. IM Intestinal metaplasia, GERD Gastro-esophageal reflux disease, GU-scaring rate Healed (scarred) gastric ulcer rate (%) following treatment, H. pylori eradication rate H. pylori eradication success rate following treatment