H pylori infection among 1000 southern Iranian dyspeptic patients

Table 3 H pylori infection regarding endoscopic and histologic diagnoses n (%)

Diagnosis	H pylori infection
	Negative	Positive	Total
Endoscopic findings
Normal	107 (66.5)	54 (33.5)	161
Gastritis	170 (29.9)	398 (70.1)b	568
Duodenal Ulcer	24 (13.8)	150 (86.2)bd	174
Gastric Ulcer	25 (28.1)	64 (71.9)b	89
Histopathologic findings
Normal mucosa	80 (95.2)	4 (4.8)	84
Chronic inactive gastritis	130 (35.6)	235 (64.4)f	365
Chronic active gastritis	87 (19.1)	369 (80.9)h	456
Atrophic changes	76 (31.4)	166 (68.6)f	242
Metaplasia/dysplasia/adenocarcinoma	15 (17.4)	71 (82.6)f	86

^bP < 0.001 vs normal endoscopic findings;

^dP < 0.001 vs gastritis and gastric ulcer;

^fP < 0.001 vs normal histopathologic findings;

^hP < 0.001 vs histopathologic findings and chronic inactive gastritis (Fisher’s exact test).