Table 1

Demographic data of patients (n = 21) and results of quantitative cPCR

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	Diagnosis	H pylori status in stomach*	H pylori cell No/mg dental plaque
*Result of the ¹³C-urea breath test; †gastritis; ‡duodenal ulcer; §normal; ¶not done.
1	23	F	G†, DU‡	+	171
2	32	F	G	+	11
3	48	F	G, Crohn's disease	+	25
4	55	M	G	+	53
5	60	F	G, hiatus hernia	+	1
6	70	M	G	+	25
7	42	M	G, DU	+	3
8	58	F	G, hiatus hernia	+	30
9	70	F	G	+	3
10	33	M	G	+	213
11	26	M	Oesophagitis	−	6
12	49	M	Oesophagitis	−	76
13	64	M	N§	−	16
14	57	F	N	−	10
15	38	M	Hiatus hernia	−	7
16	12	M	\¶	−	16
17	11	F	\	−	4
18	10	F	\	−	10
19	13	F	\	−	15
20	10	F	\	−	94
21	10	M	\	−	12