Patient demographics, Helicobacter pylori status and diagnosed neoplasia by OLGA stage, at enrolment (T0) and at the end of the follow-up (T1)
2011–2013: 1755 patients at enrolment (initial endoscopy/biopsy=T0) | 2013–2016: patients at the end of the follow-up (T1) | ||||||||
OLGA stage | Patients | H. pylori status (%) | Clinical follow-up (1615 stage 0–I, and 29 stage II, III and IV patients) 1644 patients M:F=0.81 Mean age=51.9 (r: 18–88) Mean FU (months)=53.6 (r: 11.5–73.0) Person-years=7351.8 Clinical information obtained from general practitioners, and/or occasional gastroenterology consultation, and hospital discharge charts | Neoplasia | |||||
H. pylori-positive | H. pylori-eradicated subjects | H. pylori-negative | GIST=2 | ||||||
0 | 1362 (77.6%) M:F=0.81 Mean age=50.3 (r: 18–84) | 431 (31.6) | 103 (7.6) | 828 (60.8) | |||||
I | 253 (14.4%) M:F=0.80 Mean age=59.4 (r: 25–88) | 118 (46.6) | 49 (19.4) | 86 (34.0) | Schwannoma=1 | ||||
Endoscopy/biopsy follow-up (111 patients) | Neoplasia at the final endoscopy | ||||||||
H. pylori-positive (%) |
H. pylori-eradicated subjects (%) |
H. pylori-negative (%) | |||||||
II | 88 (5%) M:F=0.83 Mean age=61.6 (r: 33–82) | 21 (23.9) | 49 (55.7) | 18 (20.5) | 70/88 M:F=0.89 Mean age=62.7 (r: 35–82) Mean FU (months)=38.6 (r: 5.9–64.3) Person-years=224.9 | 0 | 59 (84.3) | 11 (15.7) | LG-IEN=0 HG-IEN=0 GC=0 |
III | 37 (2.1%) M:F=0.85 Mean age=63.6 (r: 40–81) | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) | 0 | 32/37 M:F=0.6 Mean age=64.4 (r: 40–78) Mean FU (months)=35.5 (r: 15.8–60.7) Person-years=94.6 | 0 | 32 (100) | 0 | LG-EN=3 (M:F=1:2) (1/3 enrolled as stage IV) HG-IEN=0 GC=1 (M) |
IV | 15 (0.9 %) M:F=1.1 Mean age=70 (r: 61–86) | 11 (73.3) | 4 (26.7) | 0 | 9/15 M:F=2 Mean age=67.7 (r: 61–76) Mean FU (months)=39.4 (r: 23.3–58.1) Person-years=27.9 | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0 | LG-IEN=1 HG-IEN=1 (M) GC=1 (M) |
FU, follow-up; GC, gastric adenocarcinoma; GIST, GI stromal tumour; HG-IEN, high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia; LG-IEN , low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia; M:F, male to female ratio; r, range.