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Antral histological scores for the dupA matched groups |
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| Chronic inflammation |
Acute inflammation |
Atrophy |
Intestinal metaplasia |
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| dupA+ |
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| Mean |
2.36 |
1.31 |
0.74 |
0.49 |
| Range |
2–3 |
0–3 |
0–3 |
0–3 |
| Median |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| dupA- |
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| Mean |
2.24 |
1.3 |
0.63 |
0.47 |
| Range |
1–3 |
0–2 |
0–3 |
0–3 |
| Median |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Z |
-1.92 |
-0.066 |
-0.956 |
-0.06 |
| P |
0.058 |
0.948 |
0.339 |
0.952 |
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The individual grades for each histological feature were used in a Mann-Whitney U test to explore difference | ||||
Zhang et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2008 8:49 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-8-49 |
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