Table 2 Associations between the density and depth of H. pylori colonization and level of gastritis severity in patients with chronic gastritis (n, %)
From: Impact of Helicobacter pylori colonization density and depth on gastritis severity
Chronic gastritis severity | Overall | Treatment-naive patients | Previously treated patients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |
The density of H. pylori colonization | |||||||||
I | 3 (5.1) | 50 (84.7) | 6 (10.2) | 3 (6.4) | 38 (80.9) | 6 (12.8) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
II | 3 (1.6) | 172 (92.0) | 12 (6.4) | 3 (1.9) | 143 (91.1) | 11 (7.0) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (96.7) | 1 (3.3) |
III | 3 (0.7) | 365 (89.2) | 41 (10.0) | 3 (0.9) | 293 (88.3) | 36 (10.8) | 0 (0.0) | 72 (93.5) | 5 (6.5) |
IV | 3 (0.6) | 403 (86.7) | 59 (12.7) | 3 (0.8) | 317 (85.2) | 52 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 86 (92.5) | 7 (7.5) |
χ2 | Na | Na | Na | ||||||
P | 0.026 | 0.027 | 0.966 | ||||||
The depth of H. pylori colonization | |||||||||
I | 3 (5.2) | 51 (87.9) | 4 (6.9) | 3 (6.8) | 37 (84.1) | 4 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (100) | 0 (0.0) |
II | 2 (1.5) | 124 (90.5) | 11 (8.0) | 2 (1.7) | 104 (89.7) | 10 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | 20 (95.2) | 1 (4.8) |
III | 7 (0.8) | 815 (88.1) | 103 (11.1) | 7 (0.9) | 650 (86.9) | 91 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 165 (93.2) | 12 (6.8) |
χ2 | Na | Na | Na | ||||||
P | 0.045 | 0.047 | 0.851 | ||||||