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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2006; 12(34): 5509-5512
Published online Sep 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i34.5509
Table 2 Frequency of intestinal metaplasia (IM) in the gastric antrum and the corpus in patients without macroscopic pathology during upper GI-endoscopy
Age (yr)Overall IMIM only inthe antrumIM only in thecorpusIM in antrumand corpus
< 359/114 (7.9%)1/114 (0.9%)7/114 (6.1%)1/114 (0.9%)
35-4414/120 (11.7%)2/120 (1.7%)12/120 (10.0%)0/120 (0.0%)
45-5428/151 (18.5%)7/151 (4.6%)18/151 (11.9%)3/151 (2.0%)
55-6450/199 (25.1%)7/199 (3.5%)35/199 (17.6%)8/199 (4.0%)
64-7565/166 (39.2%)6/166 (3.6%)51/166 (30.7%)8/166 (4.8%)
> 7538/95 (40.0%)6/95 (6.3%)24/95 (25.2%)8/95 (8.4%)
Differences between age groupsP < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)P < 0.001 (χ2-test)