Table 2

Proportion of patients cagA positive by category of oesophagitis

Oesophagitis
None2-aMild2-bModerateSevereTotal
cagApositive422  (81%)42  (70%)24  (69%)11  (46%)499
cagA negative99 (19%)18 (30%)11 (31%)13 (54%)141
Total521603524640

  • ↵2-a CagA serology could not be done for 20 patients. Two patients gave consistently borderline results.

  • ↵2-b One patient gave borderline results consistently.