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Table 3 Demographic and biochemical data of CAAG patients with and without vitamin D deficiency

From: Relevance of vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic autoimmune atrophic gastritis: a prospective study

Patients

25(OH)D deficiency (n = 57)

Normal 25(OH)D (n = 30)

p value

Female n (%)

47 (83)

24 (80)

ns

Age (years)

Mean ± SD

63.4 ± 12.8

64.6 ± 12.9

ns

APCA positivity

n (%)

50 (88)

29 (97)

ns

Atrophy n (%)

• mild

24 (42)

13 (43)

ns

• moderate

20 (35)

14 (47)

 

• severe

13 (23)

3 (10)

 

ECL cell hyperplasia n (%)

• normal

17 (30)

7 (23)

ns

• linear

12 (21)

11 (37)

 

• micronodular

10 (17)

7 (23)

 

• gastric carcinoid

18 (32)

5 (17)

 
  1. APCA Anti-parietal cell antibodies, ECL entero-chromaffin-like, 25(OH)D 25-OH-Vitamin D