Association of the myeloperoxidase-468G→A polymorphism with gastric inflammation and duodenal ulcer risk

Table 4 Comparison of gastric histological findings between DU patients and HCs.

Histological parameters	HCs (n = 11)	DU (n = 49)	P
Antrum	0.55±0.25	1.37±0.14	0.0101
H pylori	0.50±0.27	1.53±0.13	0.0021
Activity	1.60±1.07	2.57±0.12	0.0021
Inflammation	0.20±0.13	1.10±0.11	0.0011
Atrophy	0.00±0.00	0.10±0.05	0.387
Intestinal metaplasia	0.00±0.00	0.49±0.11	0.0401
Lymphoid follicle
Corpus
H pylori	0.27±0.14	0.96±0.14	0.0251
Activity	0.10±0.10	0.73±0.12	0.0211
Inflammation	0.12±0.20	1.96±0.10	0.0031
Atrophy	0.00±0.00	0.23±0.07	0.133
Intestinal metaplasia	0.00±0.00	0.08±0.05	0.454
Lymphoid follicle	0.00±0.00	0.08±0.04	0.33

¹Significant difference.