Schilling tests and gastric analytical and histological data of 14 elderly patients with a low serum vitamin B12 concentration
| Patient | Sex | Age (y) | Absorption tests | Pepsinogen I (ng/ml) | Gastritis scores | Fundus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SST | MST (%) | ||||||||||||
| Stage 1 (%) | Stage 2 (%) | D III | Antrum | ||||||||||
| 1 | M | 91 | 19.0 | NA | 1.3 | 55 | N | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | F | 83 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 11 | N | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | M | 84 | 16.1 | NA | 5.9 | 68 | N | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | M | 86 | 17.5 | 22.0 | 1.5 | 33 | N | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | F | 88 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 58 | N | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | F | 88 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 34 | N | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | F | 84 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6 | N | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | M | 86 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 138 | N | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | M | 81 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 29 | N | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | M | 85 | 29.4 | 32.7 | 7.8 | 125 | N | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | F | 79 | 25.7 | 27.2 | 8.4 | 35 | N | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 12 | F | 84 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 8.6 | 30 | N | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | F | 86 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 67 | N | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | M | 85 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 135 | N | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Median | 85 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Lower quartile | 84 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Upper quartile | 86 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Normal values | F | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.3 | >20 | ||||||||
| M | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.3 | >20 | |||||||||
Gastritis was graded according to the Sydney system using a score from 0 to 12.
SST, standard Schilling test after oral intake of free labelled vitamin B12 (stage 1) or bound to intrinsic factor (stage 2); MST, modified Schilling test after oral intake of labelled vitamin B12 bound to trout flesh; D III, duodenal biopsy specimens.