Relationship between mucosal TNF-α expression and Th1, Th17, Th22 and Treg responses in Helicobacter pylori infection

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Table 1 Association between score of acute inflammatory with the oipA and cagA virulence factors in infected patients

Virulence factors	Acute inflammatory score [n (%)]				Total [n (%)]	P values^a
Virulence factors	Negative	Mild	Moderate	Severe	Total [n (%)]	P values^a
oipA-Positive	7 (31.8)	26 (46.4)	12 (75)	6 (75)	51 (50)	0.004
oipA-Negative	15 (68.2)	30 (53.6)	4 (25)	2 (25)	51 (50)	0.004
cagA-Positive	13 (59.1)	39 (69.6)	13 (81.3)	8 (100)	73 (71.6)	0.019
cagA-Negative	9 (40.9)	17 (30.4)	3 (18.7)	0 (0.0)	29 (28.4)	0.019