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Table 2 A correlation analysis among factors of non-healing gastric ulcer, persistent H. pylori infection and other factors, data are presented as correlation coefficients (Spearmen’s rho)

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

Variables

NHGU

Persistent Hp

Gender

0.010

0.024

Age

0.126*

0.069

Smoking

−0.025

−0.002

Alcohol

−0.025

−0.046

Cirrhosis

0.078

0.084

Uremia

0.073

−0.042

DM

0.029

0.020

Wide base ulcer

0.013

0.118*

Persistent Hp

0.209*

1.000

IM

−0.113*

0.050

NHGU

1.000

0.209*

  1. DM diabetic mellitus, Wide base ulcer gastric ulcer base more than 1.5 cm, IM intestinal metaplasia besides the gastric ulcer, Persistent Hp persistent H. pylori infection after treatment (eradication failure), NHGU non-healing gastric ulcer after treatment
  2. *P-value < 0.05
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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