Table 3 Prevalence of infectious agents detected in Barrett’s oesophagus patients.

From: Infectious agents and progression from Barrett’s oesophagus to oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a nested case-control study

 

Progressors

Non-progressors

P-value

Any HPV

 No

117

244

 

 Yes

8 (6.4%)

14 (5.4%)

0.82

High-risk HPV

 No

118

256

 

 Yes

5 (4.1%)

0 (0%)

0.004

Gamma HPV

 No

48

102

 

 Yes

0 (0%)

7 (6.4%)

0.15

Herpes virus (any)

 No

48

100

 

 Yes

9 (15.8%)

18 (15.3%)

0.96

H. pylori

 No

51

108

 

 Yes

12 (19.1%)

30 (21.7%)

0.71

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