Chronic Gastritis in Dermatitis Herpetiformis: A Controlled Study

Table 3

Data on 94 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis. Comparison between cases with and without chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG).

	DH patients with CAG; 𝑛=16	DH patients without CAG; 𝑛=78	𝑃-value
Mean age at diagnosis years (range)	63.0 (47–76)	43.9 (7–76)
Men	9 (56.3%)	45 (57.7%)
Duodenal histology
(i) partial or subtotal villous atrophy	11 (68.8%)	61 (78.2%); 17 (21.8%)	0.52
(ii) normal mucosa	5 (31.2%)^1
Helicobacter pylori	7 (44.0%)	11 (14.1%)	0.012
Abdominal complaints	5 (31.2%)	23 (40.4%)^1	0.36

DH: dermatitis herpetiformis.
¹Data available on 57 patients.