Table 1

Protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation in human gastric mucosa tissue

Gastric mucosa biopsies	Number of specimens	Age	Gender		Mean±SEM, cells/hpf	p Value
Gastric mucosa biopsies	Number of specimens	Age	M	F	Mean±SEM, cells/hpf	p Value
Non-infected	36	19–72	20	16	1.06±0.28
Hp-gastritis	38	32–82	24	14	25.32±5.18	0.039^*
Adenoma	21	31–82	11	10	11.10±2.15
Adenocarcinoma	65	34–96	29	36	61.37±7.56	0.001^*

↵* p<0.05 versus ‘non-infected’ group, as determined by the Dunnett t-test.