Patients with gastric ulcer and controls who underwent biopsy of the antrum for bFGF extraction
| Ulcer | Non-ulcer | |
| No of subjects | 15 | 12 |
| Mean (SEM) age (y) | 64 (3) | 51 (4.1) |
| Sex (M:F) | 5:10 | 5:7 |
| Smoker (%) | 2 (13) | 5 (42) |
| NSAID use (%) | 5 (33) | 4 (33) |
| H pyloriinfection | 5 (4)7-150 | 5 (4)7-150 |
| Acid suppressing drug treatment (>4 days) (%) | 10 (66) | 5 (42) |
↵7-150 Figures in brackets are the numbers of H pylorinegative patients who were taking a proton pump inhibitor.