Dynamic expression of pepsinogen C in gastric cancer, precancerous lesions and Helicobacter pylori associated gastric diseases

Table 1 Expression of PGC antigen in various gastric lesions.

Gastric lesions	n	Number of cases with PGC expression				Positive rate (%)	Over-expressionrate (%)
		-	+	++	+++
Normal gastric mucosa	54	0	1	14	39	100.0b	98.2b
Superficial gastritis	58	0	15	26	17	100.0b	74.1bdf
Gastric ulcer or erosion	37	4	20	13	0	89.2abc	35.1bcd
Atrophic gastritis	91	79	11	1	0	14.3bdf	1.1df
Intestinal metaplasia	91	91	0	0	0	0.0dfh	0.0af
Dysplasia	66	56	9	1	0	15.2bdf	1.5df
Gastric cancer	124	121	3	0	0	2.4df	0.0df

^bP<0.01 vs gastric cancer;

^dP<0.01,

^aP<0.05 vs normal gastric mucosa;

^cP<0.05 vs superficial gastritis;

^fP<0.01 vs gastric ulcer or erosion;

^hP<0.01 vs dysplasia.