Table 4

 CK7/20 staining of cardiac mucosa in the three patients groups

NoCK7CK20NoCK7CK20NoCK 7CK20
Group 1 (1–10): patients with Helicobacter pylori gastritis and inflammation of the cardiac mucosa; group 2, (11–20): patients with normal antrum and corpus but inflammation of the cardiac mucosa; group 3, (21–30): patients with normal antrum and corpus and non-inflamed cardiac mucosa.
S, surface; G, glands; ++, strong; +, moderate.
1S+, G+S++11S++, G++S++21S++, G++S++
2S+S++12S++, G++S++22S++, G++S++
3S++, G++S++13S++, G++S++23S+S++
4S+, G+S++14S++, G++S+24S+S++
5S+S++15S++, G++S++25S+,G+S++
6S++, G++S++16S++, G++S++26G+S++
7S+S++17S+, G+S++27S++, G++S++
8S++, G++S++18S++, G++S++28S++, G++S++
9S+S++19S+, G+S++29S++, G++S++
10S++, G++S++20S+S+30S++, G++S++