1. Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Strongly Associated With Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers in a Large Prospective Study 
Ben Schöttker, Mariam A. Adamu, Melanie N. Weck, Hermann Brenner 
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages e1 (May 2012)
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2. Figure 1
Origin of the study populations used for the estimation of the associations of H pylori infection with (1) the lifetime history of peptic ulcer disease (cross-sectional analysis), (2) incident gastric ulcers, and (3) incident duodenal ulcers (longitudinal analyses). aIf either of the 2 following definitions were met: (1) PG I < 25 ng/mL or (2) PG I < 70 ng/mL and PG I/PG II < 3. bChronic atrophic gastritis could not be determined because of a missing serum sample. cNumber of gastric and duodenal ulcers do not add up to 69 because of 1 study participant who developed both a gastric and a duodenal ulcer.
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