Table 2

Histological characteristics of the corpus at baseline and at the last visit, for patients randomly assigned to omeprazole alone (OM only) or to eradication triple therapy (OM triple)

Variable	Score	OM only (by treatment group)		OM triple (by treatment group)		p Value
Variable	Score	Baseline	Last visit	Baseline	Last visit	p Value
p values are for the differences in changes in status from baseline to two years between the two groups.
Data are shown as number of patients with each score.
Activity	None	16	25	12	92	<0.001
	Mild	39	32	34	5
	Moderate	37	29	37	4
	Severe	17	23	19	1
Inflammation	None	5	12	9	43	<0.001
	Mild	29	15	19	46
	Moderate	52	45	51	11
	Severe	23	37	23	2
Atrophy	None	82	84	74	88	<0.001
	Mild	15	12	13	9
	Moderate	7	7	11	5
	Severe	5	6	4
Intestinal metaplasia	None	103	106	97	95	0.227
	Mild	6	3	4	7
	Moderate			1
	Severe
H pylori	None	9	29	7	92	<0.001
	Mild	34	18	32	1
	Moderate	21	18	15	4
	Severe	45	44	48	5