Serum positive cagA in patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia and peptic ulcer disease from two centers in different regions of Turkey

Table 1 The rates of serum positive cagA overall and accord-ing to endoscopic diagnosis in the patients from the two dif-ferent centers

	cagA+		P
	Adana hospital n (%)	Ankara hospital n (%)
Total patients	98/99 (98.9)	77/81 (95.1)	NS
NUD patients	73/74 (98.6)	36/40 (90.0)	NS
GU/E patients	12/12 (100)	20/20 (100)	NS
DU patients	13/13 (100)	21/21 (100)	NS

Denotes: NUD: Non-ulcer dyspepsia; DU: Duodenal ulcer; GU/erosion: Gastric ulcer and/or erosions.