Gastric mucosa in Mongolian and Japanese patients with gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori infection

Table 1 Gastritis scores of Helicobacter pylori-positive Mongolian and Japanese patients matched by age, sex, and endoscopic diagnosis, n = 137

Nationality	Specimen	Chronic inflammation		Neutrophil activity		Glandular atrophy		Intestinal metaplasia		Helicobacter pylori
Mongolian	#1 (antrum)	1.32 ± 0.59	P < 0.0001	0.38 ± 0.54	P < 0.0001	0.15 ± 0.36	P < 0.0001	0.07 ± 0.40	P < 0.0001	0.93 ± 0.79	P < 0.0001
Japanese		2.30 ± 0.72		2.05 ± 1.01		0.48 ± 1.72		0.34 ± 0.78		1.91 ± 1.01
Mongolian	#2 (corpus)	1.12 ± 0.50	P < 0.0001	0.26 ± 0.47	P < 0.0001	0.02 ± 0.19	P < 0.0001	0.05 ± 0.35		1.08 ± 0.84	P < 0.0001
Japanese		2.03 ± 0.74		1.93 ± 0.96		0.28 ± 0.73		0.10 ± 0.44		2.20 ± 0.79
Mongolian	#3 (angulus)	1.50 ± 0.62	P < 0.0001	0.55 ± 0.61	P < 0.0001	0.16 ± 0.41	P < 0.0001	0.17 ± 0.60	P < 0.0001	1.15 ± 0.87	P < 0.0001
Japanese		2.21 ± 0.80		1.93 ± 1.04		0.81 ± 1.02		0.59 ± 1.02		2.07 ± 0.95

P values according to the Mann-Whitney U-test.