Research Article
Helicobacter pylori Prevalence in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimen
Table 1
Patients characteristics by number of sections submitted.
| | Number of sections | Total | | 1-2 | 4-6 |
| Number of cases | | | | | Age group | | | | | 15-29 | 51 (23.1%) | 59 (22.7%) | 110 (22.9%) | 0.867 | 30-39 | 56 (25.3%) | 75 (28.8%) | 131 (27.2%) | | 40-49 | 64 (29.0%) | 68 (26.2%) | 132 (27.4%) | | 50-59 | 33 (14.9%) | 35 (13.5%) | 68 (14.1%) | | 60-74 | 17 (7.7%) | 23 (8.8%) | 40 (8.3%) | | Age (years) | | | | 0.898 | Sex | | | | | Male | 90 (40.7%) | 107 (41.2%) | 197 (41.0%) | 0.924 | Female | 131 (59.3%) | 153 (58.8%) | 284 (59.0%) | | Proton pump inhibitors intake | 28 (12.7%) | 24 (9.2%) | 52 (10.8%) | 0.226 | Preoperative endoscopy | 12 (5.4%) | 42 (16.2%) | 54 (11.2%) | <0.001 | Preoperative diagnosis of H. pylori | 5 (2.26%) | 17 (6.53%) | 22 (4.57%) | + | Preoperative eradication of H. pylori | 0(0%) | 3(1.15%) | 3(0.62%) | + | Diagnosis | | | | 0.017 | Inactive gastritis | 145 (65.6%) | 144 (55.4%) | 289 (60.1%) | | Helicobacter pylori | 70 (31.7%) | 110 (42.3%) | 180 (37.4%) | | Intestinal metaplasia | 3 (1.4%) | 5 (1.9%) | 8 (1.7%) | + | Reactive gastritis | 2 (0.9%) | 1 (0.4%) | 3 (0.6%) | + | No diagnostic abnormality | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.2%) | + |
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Indicates a significant relationship; +: numbers too low for statistical analysis. |