Gastric xanthelasma and metabolic disorders: A large retrospective study among Chinese population

Table 1 χ2 analysis of Helicobacter pylori, atrophy, infection, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia rate in xanthelasma and non-xanthelasma group n (%)

Variables	Xanthelasma	Non-xanthelasma	χ2	P
n (male/female)	1163 (602/561)	1163 (602/561)	-	1
Age (yr)	57 ± 11	56 ± 13	-	0.619
Helicobacter pylori infection	358 (30.8)	341 (29.4)	0.269	0.603
Atrophy	155 (13.3)	58 (4.9)	13.1	< 0.01
Intestinal metaplasia	576 (49.5)	166 (14.3)	44.6	< 0.001
Low grade	331 (28.5)	119 (10.3)	15.6	< 0.001
Medium grade	199 (17.1)	43 (3.7)	27.1	< 0.001
High grade	46 (4.0)	4 (0.3)	13.7	< 0.001
dysplasia	24 (2.1)	36 (3.1)	14.3	< 0.01