No. of biopsies

H. pylori

Neutrophils

Mononuclear cells

Atrophy (antrum)

Atrophy (corpus)

Intestinal metaplasia

MUC5AC

MUC6 (antrum)

MUC6 (corpus)

Hp(+)

43

1.09 ± 0.29

1.79 ± 1.01

2.00 ± 0.65

1.61 ± 0.93

1.33 ± 0.87

0.81 ± 1.16

2.51 ± 0.77

2.24 ± 0.71

1.82 ± 0.98

Hp(−) <6M

24

0.00 ± 0.00^****

0.29 ± 0.62^****

1.54 ± 0.51^*

1.62 ± 0.80

1.00 ± 1.41

0.67 ± 1.09

2.54 ± 0.59

2.25 ± 0.72

2.00 ± 0.82

Hp(−) >7M

21

0.00 ± 0.00^****

0.38 ± 0.50^****

1.48 ± 0.51^**

2.15 ± 0.55

0.75 ± 1.04

1.43 ± 1.25

2.52 ± 0.68

2.54 ± 0.90

2.00 ± 1.07