Table 4

Histological characteristics of the corpus at baseline and at the last visit for those patients randomly assigned to omeprazole alone (OM only) who remained H pylori positive versus those assigned to eradication triple therapy (OM triple) who became H pylori negative

Variable	Score	OM only (H pylori +ve patients at 2 y)		OM triple (H pylori −ve patients at 2 y)		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 number of patients with each score.
Activity	None	1	3	9	89	<0.001
	Mild	33	27	30	1
	Moderate	32	29	33
	Severe	16	23	18
Inflammation	None			8	43	<0.001
	Mild	17	6	16	44
	Moderate	43	39	45	3
	Severe	22	37	21
Atrophy	None	58	60	66	80	0.001
	Mild	14	11	11	7
	Moderate	6	6	11	3
	Severe	4	5	2
Intestinal metaplasia	None	79	80	85	83	0.688
	Mild	3	2	4	7
	Moderate			1
	Severe
H pylori	None	3	2	6	90	<0.001
	Mild	19	18	29
	Moderate	20	18	14
	Severe	40	44	41