H pylori are associated with chronic cholecystitis

Table 1 Gastric metaplasia of gallbladder mucosa in cases with chronic cholecystitis

Group	n	Gastric metaplasiapositive (n)	Gastric metaplasianegative (n)
Control	20	0	20
Chronic cholecystitis
Positive H pylori	22	18	4
Negative H pylori	59	7	52

Table 2 Levels of IL-l, IL-6 and IL-8 of gallbladder mucosa homogenates (ng/g protein)

Groups	n	IL-1	IL-6	IL-8
Control	20	21.65 ± 4.28	77.10 ± 10.56	101.35 ± 19.39
Chronic cholecystitis
Negative H pylori	59	68.76 ± 15.08b	159.54 ± 37.65b	152.10 ± 46.57
Positive H pylori	22	142.68 ± 25.41bd	241.50 ± 80.60bd	593.18 ± 93.59bd

^bP < 0.01 vs control group;

^dP < 0.01 vs negative H pylori group.