Genotyping of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Genes cagA and vacA: Regional and National Study

Table 2

Endoscopic findings in relation to RUT and PCR.

Findings	RUT (100)	value	OR (95% CI)	PCR (60)	value	OR (95% CI)
Antral gastritis (55)	55 (55%)	<0.001		20 (33.3%)	0.489	0.8 (0.4–1.6)
Gerd (34)	36 (36%)	0.465	1.3 (0.6–2.7)	15 (25%)	0.057	0.5 (0.2–1.0)
Pangastritis (40)	30 (30%)	0.192	1.7 (0.8–3.9)	5 (8.3%)	<0.001	0.1 (0.1–0.4)
Diffuse gastric mucosal nodularity (40)	20 (20%)	0.172	0.6 (0.3–1.3)	10 (16.6%)	0.115	0.5 (0.2–1.2)
Diffuse erosive gastroduodenitis (34)	15 (15%)	<0.001	0.3 (0.1–0.6)	8 (13.3%)	<0.001	0.1 (0.1–0.3)
Duodenal ulcer (30)	25 (25%)	0.030	3 (1.1–8.4)	17 (28.3%)	0.084	0.5 (0.3–1.1)
Gastric ulcer (20)	18 (18%)	0.017	5.3 (1.2–23.7)	8 (13.3%)	<0.001	0.1 (0.1–0.3)
Combined duodenal and gastric ulcers (8)	8 (8%)	0.040		5 (8.3%)	<0.001	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
Hiatus hernia (3)	0 (0%)	0.014		0 (0%)	<0.001
Gastric cancer (3)	2 (2%)	1.000	1 (0.1–11.3)	0 (0%)	<0.001
Duodenal diverticulum (2)	0 (0%)			0 (0%)	<0.001
Gastric polyp (1)	0 (0%)	0.156		0 (0%)	<0.001
Barrette esophagus (1)	0 (0%)	0.156		0 (0%)	<0.001
Normal mucosa (4)	0 (0%)	0.156		0 (0%)	<0.001

: highly statistically significant; RUT: rapid urease test; PCR: polymerase chain reaction.