Table 1

The number of patients showing autofluorescent material in haematoxylin and eosin stained duodenal sections excited with incident light fluorescence

No. of patientsSuperficial gastric cellsColumnar duodenal cells with DGM
CG+DGM, patients with chronic gastritis (GC) and duodenal gastric metaplasia (DGM). Control group I, patients with normal gastric and duodenal mucosa at initial diagnosis. Control group II, patients with chronic gastritis without duodenal gastric metaplasia at initial diagnosis. Control group III, patients with duodenal villous atrophy at initial diagnosis.
CG+DGM3030/3030/30
Control group I3030/300/30
Control group II3030/301/30
Control group III55/50/5
All9595/9531/95