Table 2 Multivariate analysis assessing the factors related to methylation-high cases.

From: Magnifying narrow-band imaging of gastric mucosal morphology predicts the H. pylori-related epigenetic field defect

Variables

Odds ratio (95% confident interval)

P value

NBI pattern

8.55 (2.00–36.6)

0.004

Gender (male)

3.76 (0.89–15.97)

0.07

Gastric cancer occurrence

0.30 (0.05–1.92)

0.2

Inflammatory mucosa

1.93 (0.55–6.74)

0.3

Atrophic mucosa

0.39 (0.05–3.14)

0.38

  1. *Methylation high, mean Z score of methylation >0.15. *Mean Z score of methylation more than 0.15 was considered methylation high.
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