DYNAMICS OF ATROPHIC GASTRITIS IN MALE AND FEMALE SUBJECTS AFTER PARTIAL GASTRIC RESECTION - EVALUATION BY STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Subjects (33 males and 9 females) were examined 17-18 yr after partial gastrectomy due to gastric or duodenal ulcer with regard to the morphological state of gastric body mucosa. Specimens were obtained by the direct gastroscopy technique being evaluated by the scoring system. Stochastic analysis was applied to the findings to obtain the age-adjusted score (AAS), representing the degree of progression of chronic gastritis with reference to a random population, independent of the subject''s age. Higher susceptibility of males than females to progressing chronic gastritis was noted. Both males and females in the random population showed an even higher susceptibility. The atrophic changes in males after gastrectomy showed no dependence on age.