Table 3

Comparison of the four groups by the presence or absence of gastric lesions in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

FGP alone (n=11)FGP+GA (n=5)GA alone (n=7)Negative (n=8)p Value
FGP, fundic gland polyposis; GA, gastric adenoma; PG, pepsinogen.
*Kruskal-Wallis test.
†χ2 test.
Age (y)33.7 (15.3)32.8 (14.0)48.3 (9.2)45.0 (21.4) 0.14*
Sex (M/F) 6/5 2/3 4/3 7/1 0.27†
H pylori positive cases 0 2 (40%) 5 (71%) 5 (63%)<0.01†
PG I/PG II ratio 6.0 (1.5) 4.2 (1.0) 2.6 (0.9) 4.1 (2.0)<0.005*
Histological atrophy score
    Antrum 0.6 (0.7) 0.8 (0.8) 1.9 (0.9) 1.3 (0.5)<0.05*
    Corpus 0.1 (0.3) 0.4 (0.5) 1.3 (0.8) 0.8 (0.7)<0.05*