Interleukin-17 levels in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa and pathologic sequelae of colonization

Table 1 Characteristics of study groups (mean±SD)

	Patients (n)	Sex (male/female)	Age (yr)
GU	36	27/9	57.8±8.4
H pylori-positive
Open ulcer	13	12/1	56.5±9.5
Ulcer scar	23	15/8	58.5±7.8
NU	29	17/12	47.1±15.6
H pylori-positive	15	10/5	49.8±18.9
H pylori-negative	14	7/7	44.1±11.0
Total	65	44/21	53.0±13.2

Table 2 H pylori cagA and vacA gene status

				vacA status
		cagA status		Signal region				Middle region
	n	Positive	Negative	s1a	s1b	s1c	s2	m1	m2
GU	36	36	0	5	0	31	0	36	0
NU	15	15	0	2	0	13	0	15	0
Total	51	51	0	7	0	44	0	51	0