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Table 2 Relationship between vacA/cagA genotype and endoscopic diagnoses

From: Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genes in dyspeptic Ghanaian patients

Genotype

Erosive gastritis

DU

GCA

NUD

n (%)

(p)

n (%)

(p)

n (%)

(p)

n (%)

(p)

VacAs1+

42 (75.0)

0.241

33 (64.7)

0.401

11 (68.8)

0.968

34 (69.4)

0.827

vacAm1+

25 (44.6)

0.998

24 (47.1)

0.675

6 (37.5)

0.544

21 (42.0)

0.648

vacAm2+

14 (25.0)

0.503

12 (23.5)

0.751

1 (6.2)

0.109

11 (22.0)

0.998

vacAs1m1+

19 (33.9)

0.907

20 (39.2)

0.280

5 (31.2)

0.852

13 (26.0)

0.184

vacAs1m2+

9 (16.1)

0.929

10 (19.6)

0.355

1 (6.2)

0.272

7 (14.0)

0.686

cagA13+

29 (51.8)

0.532

34 (66.7)

0.002

7 (43.8)

0.693

15 (30.0)

0.001

cagA24+

46 (82.1)

0.007

39 (76.5)

0.140

9 (56.2)

0.264

25 (50.0)

0.002

  1. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  2. cagA13-(hydrophilic region) [6, 7]
  3. cagA24-(region of internal duplication) [6, 7]