TABLE 1 Computerized Image Analysis Mean Measurements of Gastric Subepithelial Collagen

From: Collagenous Gastritis: A Case Report, Morphologic Evaluation, and Review

Diagnosis

Rangea

Meana

“Normal” gastric antrum (n = 10)b

0.30–2.81 μ

1.33 μ

“Chronic” gastritis (n = 10)b

0.26–2.47 μ

1.22 μ

Collagenous gastritis (n = 1)

13.90–45.00 μ

24.95 μ

  1. aPaired t test, two observers. No statistically significant interobserver measurement variability (p =.38).
  2. bTen patients’ gastric biopsies measured in each control group; mean of three biopsy fragments per patient.
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