Influence of H pylori on plasma ghrelin in patients without atrophic gastritis

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of gastritis patients

Clinical features	Male (n = 24)	Female (n = 26)
Age (yr)	40.9 ± 10.7	41.2 ± 14.5
BMI (kg/m2)	28.7 ± 0.9	23.9 ± 3.4
H pylori, n (%)
Positive	19 (77.8)	16 (61.5)
Negative	5 (22.2)	10 (28.5)
Topoghrapy of gastritis, n (%)
Antrum	20 (83.3)	15 (86.7)
Corpus	4 (16.7)	11 (13.3)

Table 2 Plasma ghrelin levels in gastritis patients

Group	n	Plasma ghrelin levels (pg/mL)
Gender	Male: 24	62.3 ± 48.6
	Female: 26	84.3 ± 164.7
BMI (kg/m2)	-25 (24)	60.4 ± 111.2a
	+25 (26)	99.0 ± 176.3a
Age (yr)	-35 (13)	89.6 ± 133.8
	36-49 (21)	59.2 ± 46.7
	50+ (16)	83.3 ± 194.8

^aP < 0.05.