Comparison of the severity of acute and chronic inflammation in 96 patients with cardiac type mucosa at the GOJ stratified according to mucosal type and Helicobacter pylori status
| H pylori negative | H pylori positive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac | Fundic | Antral | Cardiac | Fundic | Antral | ||
| Neutrophil infiltration | |||||||
| None | 34 (50%) | 68 (100%) | 65 (96%) | 3 (11%) | 10 (36%) | 11 (39%) | |
| Low | 17 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 8 (29%) | 3 (11%) | 5 (18%) | |
| Moderate | 15 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 13 (46%) | 9 (32%) | 7 (25%) | |
| Heavy | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (14%) | 6 (21%) | 5 (18%) | |
| Mononuclear cell infiltration | |||||||
| None | 11 (16%) | 55 (81%) | 49 (72%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) | |
| Low | 35 (51%) | 9 (13%) | 13 (19%) | 5 (18%) | 7 (25%) | 4 (14%) | |
| Moderate | 18 (26%) | 4 (6%) | 5 (7%) | 15 (54%) | 11 (39%) | 14 (50%) | |
| Heavy | 4 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 8 (29%) | 10 (36%) | 9 (32%) | |