Gut Liver.  2018 Mar;12(2):158-164. 10.5009/gnl17063.

Associations among Gastric Juice pH, Atrophic Gastritis, Intestinal Metaplasia and Helicobacter pylori Infection

• Sung J
• Kim N
• Lee J
• Hwang YJ
• Kim HW
• Chung JW
• Kim JW
• Lee DH

• KMID: 2429070
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5009/gnl17063

Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIMS
Gastric juice plays a crucial role in the physiology of the stomach. The aim of this study is to evaluate associations among the pH of gastric juice, atrophic gastritis (AG), intestinal metaplasia (IM), pepsinogen, and Helicobacter pylori infection.
METHODS
Gastric biopsies and juice were collected from 46 subjects who underwent endoscopies at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital between November 2011 and March 2013. H. pylori, AG and IM were evaluated, and pepsinogen I or II, I/II ratio, and interleukin (IL)-1β levels were measured.
RESULTS
The mean pH of gastric juice was higher in the H. pylori-positive group (n=17) than that in the H. pylori-negative group (n=29) (4.54 vs 2.46, p=0.002). When patients were divided into pH < 3 (n=28) and pH ≥3 (n=18) groups, H. pylori was lower in the pH < 3 group (21.4%) than in the pH ≥3 group (61.1%) (p=0.007). The pH ≥3 group demonstrated AG and IM more frequently than the pH < 3 group in the body (p=0.047 and p=0.051, respectively) but not in the antrum. There were no differences in pepsinogen I or II, I/II ratio, and IL-1β levels between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS
There is a relationship between chronic H. pylori infection and gastric juice pH ≥3, which may originate from AG and IM in the body.

Keyword

Gastric juice; Helicobacter pylori; Gastritis; atrophic; Intestinal metaplasia

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Gastric Juice*
Gastritis
Gastritis, Atrophic*
Helicobacter pylori*
Helicobacter*
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration*
Interleukins
Metaplasia*
Pepsinogen A
Physiology
Seoul
Stomach
Interleukins
Pepsinogen A