Comparison of the improvement in gastric mucosal tissue after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy between young and elderly people - Comparison of the improvement in gastric mucosal tissue after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy between young and elderly people

In histological atrophy, higher rates of improvement were seen in the corpus than in the antrum, and the rates of cure in the antrum were lower in elderly group than in younger group (p = 0.0282). With regard to intestinal metaplasia, the rates of improvement in the antrum were lower in elderly group than in younger.