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Table 5 Correlation between the PCR-positive results obtained in the different stomach regions and the gastric histological findings in pigs

From: Molecular detection of Helicobacter spp. and Fusobacterium gastrosuis in pigs and wild boars and its association with gastric histopathological alterations

  

Erosion

Ulceration

Hyperplasia

Fibrosis

n/N

10/57

r

p

3/57

r

p

31/57

r

p

2/57

r

p

Pars oesophagea

 H. pylori-like

28/57

1/10

−0.11

0.40

1/3

−0.03

0.81

14/31

0.04

0.64

2/2

0.20

0.13

 H. suis

7/57

1/10

−0.03

0.83

0

−0.08

0.57

4/31

0.04

0.77

0

−0.07

0.63

 H. felis

0/57

0

0

0

0

 F. gastrosuis

12/57

2/10

−0.04

0.74

0

−0.12

0.39

7/31

−0.01

0.93

0

–0.10

0.46

 

n/N

4/69

r

p

0

r

p

0

r

p

4

r

p

Oxyntic mucosa

 H. pylori-like

10/69

0

−0.10

0.40

0

0

0

−0.21

0.08

 H. suis

25/69

2/4

0.07

0.56

0

0

2/4

0.0

0.16

 H. felis

2/69

1/4

0.33

< 0.01

0

0

1/4

0.15

0.19

 F. gastrosuis

4/69

1/4

0.20

0.09

0

0

1/4

0.08

0.51

 

n/N

13/66

r

p

21/66

r

p

2/66

r

p

44/66

r

p

Antral mucosa

 H. suis

29/66

5/13

−0.02

0.85

10/21

0.13

0.31

1/2

−0.04

0.78

16/44

0.02

0.86

 H. pylori-like

3/66

2/13

0.23

0.02

0

−0.01

0.31

0

−0.04

0.77

1/44

−0.02

0.86

 H. felis

0/66

0

0

0

0

 F. gastrosuis

10/66

2/13

−0.11

0.36

4/21

0.31

0.011

1/2

0.08

0.50

3/44

−0.20

0.11

  1. r: Pearson correlation coefficient.
  2. p: p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered to be significant.