Histopathological profile of gastritis in adult patients seen at a referral hospital in Kenya

Table 1 Frequency of graded histological variables in patients with gastritis n (%)

Variable	Score	0	1	2	3
Chronicity	Corpus (n = 59)	4 (7)	14 (24)	18 (30)	23 (39)
	Antrum (n = 65)	1 (2)	7 (11)	29 (44)	28 (43)
Activity	Corpus (n = 59)	11 (19)	13 (22)	13 (22)	22 (37)
	Antrum (n = 65)	9 (14)	5 (8)	25 (38)	26 (40)
Atrophy	Corpus (n = 59)	50 (85)	7 (12)	2 (3)	0
	Antrum (n = 65)	28 (43)	27 (42)	10 (15)	0
					0
Metaplasia	Corpus (n = 59)	58 (98)	1 (2)	0	0
				0	0
	Antrum (n = 65)	58 (89)	6 (9)	1 (2)	0
					0
H pylori	Corpus (n = 59)	8 (14)	27 (46)	15 (25)	9 (15)
	Antrum (n = 65)	6 (9)	26 (40)	22 (34)	11 (17)

Table 2 Stratifying graded variables in relation to the presence of duodenal ulcer n (%)

Histologyvariable	Site	Category	0	1	2	3	n
Chronic inflammation	Corpus	DU - ve	3 (7)	12 (29)	12 (29)	14 (34)	41 (100)
	(P = 0.445)	DU + ve	1 (6)	2 (11)	6 (33)	9 (50)	18 (100)
	Antrum	Du - ve	1 (2)	6 (13)	21 (45)	19 (40)	47 (100)
	(P = 0.732)	DU + ve	0	1 (6)	8 (44)	9 (50)	18 (100)
Active inflammation	Corpus	Du - ve	10 (24)	12 (29)	5 (12)	14 (34)	41 (100)
	(P = 0.008)a	DU + ve	1 (6)	1 (6)	8 (44)	8 (44)	18 (100)
	Antrum	Du - ve	9 (19)	5 (11)	15 (32)	18 (38)	47 (100)
	(P = 0.061)	DU + ve	0	0	10 (56)	8 (44)	18 (100)

DU + ve: patients with duodenal ulcer; DU - ve: patients without duodenal ulcer.

^aP < 0.05 vs antrum.

Table 3 Distribution of eosinophils in the antrum and corpus

Eosinophils/HPF	Frequency
	Antrum	Corpus
0	1	7
1-5	28	31
6-10	15	8
11-15	9	11
16-20	7	3
> 20	6	1
Mean	9.6	5.9
Standard error of mean	0.93	0.74
95% confidence interval	4.42-7.38	7.72-11.74