Gastritis grading in the 439 patients in the study
| All grades | Grade 0 | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cases | PPI | All cases | PPI | All cases | PPI | All cases | PPI | All cases | PPI | All cases | PPI | |
| NiN = Non-invasive neoplasia; PPI = patients taking proton pump inhibitors for ⩾6 months. | ||||||||||||
| The H pylori status and the prevalence of focal lesions (peptic ulcers and neoplastic lesions) by gastritis grade are reported. | ||||||||||||
| Number | 439 | 65 | 133 | 18 | 68 | 15 | 146 | 21 | 76 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| Male/female | 211/228 | 29/36 | 64/69 | 9/9 | 35/33 | 8/7 | 65/81 | 8/13 | 38/38 | 3/6 | 9/7 | 1/1 |
| Mean age (range) | 55 (17–88) | 62 (27–84) | 49 (17–84) | 64 (33–78) | 58 (21–88) | 61 (27–83) | 57 (20–85) | 60 (28–77) | 58 (24–85) | 68 (49–84) | 52 (23–81) | 38; 67 |
| H pylori+ve | 187 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 9 | 73 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| H pylori-ve/naïve | 192 | 29 | 115 | 14 | 44 | 8 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H pylori-eradicated | 60 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duodenal ulcer (scar) | 29 (7) | 2 (1) | 2 (0) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 14 (5) | 1(1) | 10 (0) | 1(0) | 1 (1) | 0 |
| Gastric ulcer (scar) | 5 (3) | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1(0) |
| Indefinite for NiN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Low-grade-NiN | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| High-grade-NiN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invasive cancer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |