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

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 4 Comparison of pathological findings by participants with H. pylori positive and negative

Pathological findings	Total N = 233 n (%)	H. pylori positive N = 109 n (%)^a	H. pylori negative N = 124 n (%)	P value
Neutrophil infiltration	124 (53.2)	94 (75.8)	30 (24.2)	0.001
Abscess + mucin decrease	1 (0.04)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.4
Normal gastric glands	80 (34.3)	2 (2.5)	78 (98.5)	0.001
Complete intestinal metaplasia	12 (5.1)	12 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.001
Incomplete intestinal metaplasia	28 (12.1)	27 (96.4)	1 (3.6)	0.001
Atrophy	84 (36.0)	44 (52.4)	40 (47.6)	0.1
High grade dysplasia	1 (0.04)	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.4

P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant
Table shows the various pathologic findings. Significantly more patients with H. pylori positive had neutrophil infiltration, complete intestinal metaplasia, and incomplete intestinal metaplasia compared with patients without H. pylori
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^a%s may not add up to 100 as one patient be diagnosed with more than one Pathological finding

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