Table 1
Gastric ulcer patients and non-ulcer controls from whom endoscopic biopsy samples were taken
Ulcer
Non-ulcer
No of subjects
17
52
Mean (SEM) age (y)
56 (4)
57 (2)
Sex (M:F)
9:8
22:30
Smoker (%)
5 (29)
12 (23)
H pylori
infection (%)
8 (47)
23 (44)
NSAID use (%)
12 (59)
33 (63)