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Original Article

The correlation between histological gastritis staging- ‘OLGA/OLGIM’ and serum pepsinogen test in assessment of gastric atrophy/intestinal metaplasia in China

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Pages 822-827 | Received 05 Feb 2017, Accepted 02 Apr 2017, Published online: 22 Apr 2017
 

Abstract

Background: Serum pepsinogen (PG) test, as an indicator of gastric mucosal atrophy, reflects the functional and morphologic status of gastric mucosal and it is suggested to serve as a useful predictive marker for patients with gastric cancer (GC). The available classifications of gastritis, known as the Operative Link on Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) and Operative Link on Gastritis Intestinal Metaplasia (OLGIM), integrating the severity and topography of atrophy/intestinal metaplasia (IM), have been gradually accepted and used in screening for GC in recent years.

Goals: To assess whether serum pepsinogen test, including PGI, PGII, PGI/PGII and gastrin-17 (G-17) could reflect the extent and topography of gastric mucosal atrophy/IM. Furthermore, to discuss the relationship between OLGA/OLGIM staging system and serum pepsinogen test in assessment of gastric atrophy/IM.

Methods: The OLGA/OLGIM ranks the gastric staging according to both the topography and the severity of gastric atrophy/IM. A retrospective study was conducted with 331 patients who underwent endoscopy with consecutive biopsy sampling and reassessed according to OLGA/OLGIM staging system. Serum pepsinogen test, including PGI, PGII, PGI/PGII and G-17, as well as serological Helicobacter pylori (Hp) antibody were also measured. Results were presented as gastritis stage, serum pepsinogen level and Hp status. Baseline characteristics were compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA) test for continuous data and Pearson’s χ2 test for categorical data. A logistic regression model was used for the correlation analysis between OLGA/OLGIM and serological pepsinogen test.

Results: A total of 177 non-atrophic gastritis and 154 atrophic gastritis were analyzed, among which 40 were antrum atrophy, 32 were corpus atrophy and 82 were pan-atrophy. All patients were assessed applying the OLGA/OLGIM criteria with a mean age of 54.7 ± 10.8 years. Patients among OLGA/OLGIM Stage III–IV were presented with a lower level of serum PGI and PGI/PGII (p < .05), especially for Stage IV (p = .01). For both Hp-positive patients and Hp-negative patients according to OLGA system, PGI/PGII level correlated inversely with the rising stage (p = .022; p = .028). As for OLGIM system, similar difference can be seen in PGI/PGII level in either Hp-positive patients, or Hp-negative patients (p = .036; p = .013). In addition, the percentage of G-17 <1 pmol/L combined with PG-negative in antrum atrophy group was much higher than that of non-atrophy group and corpus atrophy group (25 versus 15.8 versus 6.3%) (p = .029). The proportion of G-17 > 15 pmol/L combined with PG-positive was apparently higher in corpus atrophy group, compared with other two groups (25 versus 11.3 versus 8.1%) (p = .023). Logistic regression modeling showed there exist significant connections between OLGA/OLGIM stages and serum pepsinogen test in patient stratification for gastric mucosal atrophy assessment (p < .001, p < .001).

Conclusions: Serum pepsinogen test has a strong correlation with OLGA/OLGIM gastritis stage and could provide important information in assessment of atrophy/intestinal metaplasia.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.

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