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Table 3 Comparison of endoscopic findings by participants with positive and negative H. pylori

From: Helicobacter pylori infection in Iran: demographic, endoscopic and pathological factors

Endoscopic findings

Total

N = 233

n (%)

H. pylori positive N = 109

n (%)a

H. pylori negative N = 124

n (%)

P value

Gastric ulcer

18 (7.7)

8 (44.4)

10 (55.6)

0.5

Duodenal ulcer

6 (2.5)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

0.1

Mucosal erosions in the stomach

98 (42.0)

71 (42.4)

27 (27.6)

0.001

Mucosal erosions in the duodenum

68 (29.1)

55 (80.9)

13 (19.1)

0.001

Antral nodularity

13 (5.5)

3 (23.1)

10 (76.9)

0.06

Body nodularity

20 (8.5)

13 (65.0)

7 (35.0)

0.07

Duodenal nodularity

2 (0.01)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0.7

Normal

94 (40.3)

25 (26.6)

69 (73.4)

0.001

  1. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant
  2. Table shows the various endoscopy findings. Ninety four patients (40.3%) had normal endoscopy results. Significantly more patients with H. pylori positive had mucosal erosions in the stomach, and duodenum
  3. H. pylori Helicobacter pylori
  4. a%s may not add up to 100 as one patient be diagnosed with more than one endoscopic finding