Abstract:
Objective To observe and analyze serum gastric function indexes pepsinogen (PG) Ⅰ, PG Ⅱ, pepsinogen Ⅰ to pepsinogen Ⅱ ratio (PGR), gastrin-17 (G-17), atrophy range evaluation classification results and the detection rate of type 1 gastric neuroendocrine tumor (G-NET) in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG).
Methods Data of 95 high-risk patients with gastric cancer were retrospectively analyzed, 44 patients with chronic non-atrophic gastritis were included in chronic non-atrophic gastritis group, and 51 patients with CAG were divided into distal CAG group (n=30) and extensive CAG group (n=21) according to the atrophic range assessment results (endoscopy and histopathological findings). Baseline data, serum gastric function index levels, Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection rate and detection rate of patients with type 1 G-NET in three groups were compared.
Results The serum PGⅠ levels of the distal CAG group and the extensive CAG group were lower than those of the chronic non-atrophic gastritis group, and the serum PGⅠ level of the extensive CAG group was lower than that of the distal CAG group (P < 0.001). In the extensive atrophic gastritis group, the serum PGⅠ level was significantly decreased, while the serum G-17 level was increased compared with the non-atrophic gastritis group and the distal atrophic gastritis group (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in serum PGⅡ level among the three groups (P > 0.05). The detection rate of type 1 G-NET in the extensive CAG group was 14.29%(3/21), which was higher than 0% in the chronic non-atrophic gastritis group and the distal CAG group (P < 0.05).
Conclusion Serum PG combined with G-17 has significant diagnostic value for CAG. Patients with increase of G-17 accompanying by significant decrease in serum PGⅠ and PGR indicate that they occur extensive CAG mainly characterized by gastric atrophy. Patients with extensive CAG have a higher risk of developing type 1 G-NET, and the atrophy area should be evaluated during gastroscopy to improve the detection rate of type 1 G-NET.