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Table 3 Prevalence of H. pylori infection in 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

 

Positivity in SRC

Positivity in NSRC

P

Testing for H. pylori infection, n (%)

 Ab

 UBT

 Bacterial culture

 At least one

4/6 (66.7)

5/14 (35.7)

7/11 (63.6)

15/25 (60.0)

47/117 (40.2)

221/545 (40.6)

172/486 (35.4)

387/729 (53.1)

0.231

0.716

0.063

0.496

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