Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on gastric epithelial cell kinetics in patients with chronic renal failure

Table 1 Number, gender, mean age, and hemodialysis duration of patient groups

	Group 1a	Group 1b	Group 2a	Group 2b
Patients (n)	12	11	10	11
Sex (M/F)	7/5	6/5	5/5	6/5
Mean age (yr)	37±7	39±7	35±8	36±11
Hemodialysis	–	–	10.4±4.5	9.3±4.4
duration (mo)

Group 1a: normal renal function, H pylori negative; group 1b: normal renal function, H pylori positive; group 2a: CRF, H pylori negative; group 2b: CRF, H pylori positive.

Table 2 Creatinine, BUN, Bax, and PCNA LI in different patient groups

	Group 1a	Group 1b	Group 2a	Group 2b
Creatinine	0.7±0.2	0.8±0.2	7.3±1.1ab	7.1±1.3cd
BUN	13.8±3.5	15.4±4.1	98.7±12.2ab	96.1±11.5cd
Bax labeling	34.4±13.7	44.1±16.5	46.3±20.5	60.7±13.8e
index
PCNA labeling	36.2±17.2	53.6±25.6	59.5±25.6	67.2±22.1e

Group 1a: normal renal function, H pylori negative; group 1b: normal renal function, H pylori positive; group 2a: CRF, H pylori negative; group 2b: CRF, H pylori positive.

^aP<0.001 group 1a vs 2a;

^bP<0.001 group 1b vs 2a;

^cP<0.001 group 1a vs 2b;

^dP<0.001 group 1b vs 2b;

^eP<0.01 group 1a vs 2b.