Preoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Bariatric Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Endoscopic findings among participants with and without HP infection.

	HP negative	HP positive	value
Esophageal findings
Reflux esophagitis	11 (15.5)	8 (22.2)	0.39
Hiatal hernia	11 (15.5)	4 (11.1)	0.53
Incompetent cardia	26 (36.6)	12 (33.3)	0.83^#
Gastric findings
Pangastritis	2 (2.8)	4 (11.1)	0.17^#
Antral gastritis	25 (35.2)	15 (41.7)	0.52
Nodular gastritis	5 (7.0)	11 (30.6)	0.002
Gastric ulceration	1 (1.4)	4 (11.1)	0.04
Other gastric findings	13 (18.3)	9 (25.)	0.41
Duodenal findings
Duodenitis 1^st part	4 (5.6)	6 (16.7)	0.09
Duodenitis 2^nd part	1 (1.4)	1 (2.8)	0.99
Duodenitis both parts	1 (1.4)	2 (5.6)	0.26
Duodenal ulcer	3 (4.2)	34 (5.6)	0.99
Biopsy findings
Active chronic gastritis	16 (22.5)	33 (91.7)	<0.01
Dysplasia	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	0.70

Significant value. ^#Fisher exact test used.