Research Article
Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on TLR2 and TLR4 Expression in Patients with Gastric Lesions
Table 1
Demographic and clinicopathological data of H. pylori-positive patients with chronic gastritis.
| Patients | Total |
| Age | | Mean (SD), years | 48.0 ± 15.9 | Range | 21–82 | Gender | | Male | 26 (44%) | Female | 33 (56%) | Drinking | | Yes | 19 (32%) | No | 36 (61%) | Not available | 4 (7%) | Smoking | | Yes | 21 (36%) | No | 36 (61%) | Not available | 2 (3%) | Histological diagnosis | | Chronic gastritis | 45 (76%) | Atrophic gastritis | 8 (14%) | Atrophic gastritis-associated intestinal metaplasia | 6 (10%) | Eradication therapy | | Completed treatment | 37/59 (63%) | Bacteria eradication | 23/37 (62%) | Bacteria noneradication | 14/37 (38%) |
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