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Table 2 The number of patients with SRC and NSRC who were tested for the presence of H. pylori infection

From: Rapidly declining trend of signet ring cell cancer of the stomach may parallel the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori

 

Subjects in SRC

(n = 211)

Subjects in NSRC

(n = 2321)

P

Testing for H. pylori infection, n (%)

 Ab

 UBT

 Bacterial culture

 At least one

6/211 (2.8)

14/211 (6.6)

11/211 (5.2)

25/211 (11.8)

117/2321 (5.0)

545/2321 (23.5)

486/2321 (20.9)

729/2321 (31.4)

0.155

< 0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

  1. Ab, anti-H. pylori antibody; NSRC, non-signet ring cell carcinoma; SRC, signet ring cell carcinoma; UBT, urea breath test