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Table 2.

Histological grading of non-cancer subjects (n = 135)

	Healthy controls	Gastritis	Pepticulcer
Chronic inflammatory score (1/2/3)^a	21/1/0	5/5/20	1/3/79
Acute inflammatory score (0/1/2/3)^a	22/0/0/0	5/6/12/7	3/1/21/58
Lymphoid follicle number (0/1-2/≥ 3)^a	21/1/0	17/9/4	39/28/16
Helicobacter pylori density (0/1/2/3/4/5)^a	22/0/0/0/0/0	20/2/1/3/3/1	33/2/2/8/24/14
Intestinal metaplasia score (0/1/2/3)^a	22/0/0/0	10/2/4/14	22/9/20/32
Atrophy score (0/1/2/3)^a	19/1/1/1	8/9/11/2	14/40/20/9

P < 0.001. Data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis H test.