Gastric ghrelin in relation to gender, stomach topography and Helicobacter pylori in dyspeptic patients

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients included to the study (mean ± SD)

	Hp(-)			Hp(+)
Number of patients (female/male)	21/31			19/17
Age (yr, female/male)	41.3 ± 15.0/36.4 ± 11.5			45.0 ± 11.6/38.4 ± 13.8
BMI (female/male)	23.9 ± 3.2/25.1 ± 2.6			23.3 ± 3.0/24.0 ± 3.4
Alcohol drinking habit (% of group population, female/male)	ND (45.0/28.6)	1/m (50.0/50.0)	1/w (5.0/21.4)	ND (57.0/33.3)	1/m (43.0/44.4)	1/w (0.0/22.3)

Hp: Helicobacter pylori; (-): No infection; (+): Positive; ND: Not drinking; 1/w: Once a week; 1/m: Once a month.

Table 2 Distribution of Helicobacter pylori strains in the study population of 19 women and 17 men in relation to gastric topography

H pylori genotype	No. of patients (female/male)
	Antrum	Corpus
cagA(-) vacA s2 m2	8 (5/3)	9 (6/3)
cagA(+) vacA s1 m1	17 (11/6)	17 (11/6)
cagA(+) vacA s1 m2	1 (1/0)	1 (1/0)
cagA(+) vacA s2 m2	2 (1/1)	1 (0/1)
cagA(+) vacA(+) genotype ndt	3 (0/3)	3 (0/3)
cagA(-) vacA(+) genotype ndt	5 (1/4)	5 (1/5)

For 8 patients the genotype of vacA(+) strains was not determined (ndt).