Gastro-duodenal disease in Africa: Literature review and clinical data from Accra, Ghana

Table 3 Gastric histopathological lesions at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana and Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

	Accra, Ghana	Maputo, Mozambique
Total	136	109
Median age (yr)	52	37
Sex	n (%)	n (%)
Female	61 (44.9)	74 (67.9)
Male	75 (55.1)	35 (32.1)
H. pylori prevalence:
Histology	54.4%	62.4%
H. pylori prevalence:
PCR	93.3%	92.6%
Active inflammation	n (%)	n (%)
Antrum	47 (34.6)	57 (53.8)
Incisura	45 (37.2)	58 (54.2)
Body	40 (29.9)	21 (31.3)
Chronic inflammation	n (%)	n (%)
Antrum	115 (84.6)	100 (94.4)
Incisura	97 (80.2)	99 (92.5)
Body	97 (72.4)	57 (85.1)
Pattern of gastritis	n (%)	n (%)
antral-predominant	51 (37.5)	54 (49.5)
Pangastritis (antrum and body)	70 (51.5)	45 (41.3)
Gastric atrophy	n (%)	n (%)
Antrum	5 (3.7)	2 (2.5)
Incisura	7 (5.8)	6 (6.2)
Body	3 (2.2)	1 (1.5)
Intestinal metaplasia	n (%)	n (%)
Antrum	10 (7.3)	4 (3.8)
Incisura	6 (5.0)	7 (6.5)
Body	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)
Pre-malignant lesions	n (%)	n (%)
Gastric atrophy and/or intestinal metaplasia	20 (14.7)	15 (13.8)

H. pylori: Helicobater pylori.