Helicobacter pylori cagA, iceA and vacA genotypes in patients with gastric cancer in Taiwan

Table 3 Genotypes of H pylori in patients with gastric cancer (GC) and non-gastric cancer (non-GC) (%)

Diagnosis	No of Patients	s1a	s1b	s1c	s2	s1a + s1c	s1a + s1b + s2	s1a + s1b + s1c	m1	m1T	m2	m1T + m2	cagA	iceA1	iceA2	iceA1 + iceA2
GC	66	35b (53)	1 (2)	13l (20)	1 (2)	7 (11)	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (2)	23a (35)	32h (48)	4 (6)	50 (76)	39f (59)	15 (23)	2 (3)
Non-GC	168	127d(76)	9 (5)	93l (55)	2 (1)	77 (46)	2 (2)	4 (2)	2 (2)	33a (20)	84j (50)	10 (6)	139 (83)	125f (74)	29 (17)	6 (4)

^bP < 0.001 vs s1b, s1c and s2 of non-GC,

^dP < 0.0001 vs m1T, m1 of non-GC,

^fP < 0.0001 vs ice A2 of non-GC,

^hP < 0.001 vs s1c, s1b and s2 of GC,

^jP < 0.0001 vs m1 of GC,

^lP < 0.0001, aP = 0.02.