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Table 4 Distribution of the EPIYA-C patterns according to the gender and mean age, in patients with gastritis and gastric cancer

From: STAT3 polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori CagA strains with higher number of EPIYA-C segments independently increase the risk of gastric cancer

Disease

EPIYA pattern

AB

ABC

ABCC

ABCCC

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Gastritis (n = 275)

Female

2 (1.7)

93 (80.2)

18 (18.1)

3 (2.6)

Male

2 (3.4)

44 (75.9)

10 (19.5)

2 (3.5)

Mean age in yrs (SD)

44.3 (25.0)

54.7(16.9)

50.6 (15.1)

52.0 (11.0)

Range

27 - 73

18 - 86

27 - 73

39 - 63

Cancer (n = 232)

Female

1 (1.2)

47 (56.7)

29 (42.1)

6 (7.2)

Male

2 (1.5)

74 (56.9)

44 (41.6)

10 (7.7)

Mean age in yrs (SD)

56.5 (3.5)

60.2 (14.4)

64.4 (13.2)

70.0 (9.7)

Range

54 - 59

28 - 89

33 - 92

55 - 85

  1. n, number; SD, standard deviation; yrs, years