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Table 3 Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis

From: The global prevalence of gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori-infected individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author

Country

Enrollment time

Published time

Type of study

Number of Hp + patients

Mean age in Hp + patients

Detection method of Hp

Number of patients with cancer

Sort (name) of cancer

Diagnosis method of GC

Prevalence (95% CI)

Masoumi Asl et al. [95]

Iran

March- September 2019

2020

HBS

74

53.45

UT, Histology, PCR

24

GC

Endoscopy, Histopathology

32.43 (22 to 44.32)

Khan et al. [96]

Pakistan

2005–2008

2013

CS

201

38

PCR

5

GC

Clinical diagnosis, endoscopic, histology

2.49 (0.81 to 5.71)

Santos et al. [97]

Brazil

-

2012

CS

176

59.2

RUT, histology, PCR

64

GC

Histopathological

36.36 (29.26 to 43.94)

GholizadeTobnagh et al. [98]

Iran

2007–2014

2017

CS

211

26.56

Culture, PCR, UT

38

Cardia cancer:14/38, non cardia cancer 23/38, cardia and non cardia GC:1/38; and intestinal type: 20/38 and diffuse type: 18/38

Histopathological

18.01 (13.07 to 23.87)

Toyoda et al. [88]

Japan

2004–2007

2012

CS

923

59.7

ELISA

8

Adenocarcinoma

Histopathological

0.87 (0.37 to 1.7)

Thirunavukkarasu et al. [71]

India

2011

2017

CS

62

39.68

Culture, UT, salt tolerance

19

GC

-

30.65 (19.56 to 43.65)

Cremniter et al. [72]

France

2011–2014

2018

Prospective cohort

183

56

Culture, real-time PCR

2

47:precancerous, 23:cancerous lesions, 3:atrophies, 19: metaplasias, 3:dysplasias, 2: gastric adenocarcinomas

Histopathological

1.09 (0.13 to 3.89)

Eun Bae et al. [73]

Korea

2005–2016

2018

Retrospective cohort

19,754

48

Serologic test

106

GC

Endoscopy

0.54 (0.44 to 0.65)

Bakhti et al. [74]

Iran

2019–2020

2020

CS

290

46.52

UT, Gram's stain, positive catalase, urease and oxidase tests, culture, histology, PCR

89

89: GC, 38cardia GC, 47:non-cardia GC, 4: both the types of cardia GC and non-cardia GC. 57: intestinal- type adenocarcinoma, 25: diffuse-type adenocarcinomas, 7: other pathologic types of cancer

Endoscopic and histopathologic tests

30.69 (25.43 to 36.35)

Vannarath et al. [75]

Laos

2010–2012

2014

CS

119

46

RUT, PCR

3

GC

Histological

2.52 (0.52 to 7.19)

Wei et al. [99]

China

2007–2008

2012

CS

197

49.67

Histology, PCR

53

GC

Pathological

26.9 (20.85 to 33.67)

Dabiri et al. [100]

Iran

February—June 2014

2017

CS

160

45.5

Culture, PCR

15

GC

-

9.38 (5.34 to 14.99)

Taghvaei et al. [76]

Iran

2007–2010

2011

CS

140

41.5

PCR, RUT

32

GC

Endoscopic and pathologic

22.86 (16.19 to 30.71)

Raza et al. [77]

Pakistan

 

2020

PCS

147

-

PCR

34

GC

HE, modified Giemsa stain

23.13 (16.58 to 30.79)

Wang et al. [78]

China

May- September 2010

2014

CS

80

-

RUT, Geimsa staining

10

GC

IHC

12.5 (6.16 to 21.79)

Dadashzadeh et al. [19]

Iran

2016

2017

PCS

109

39

Culture, PCR

9

GC

-

8.26 (3.85 to 15.1)

Yakoob et al. [20]

Pakistan

2013–2014

2016

CS

309

45

RUT, histology, PCR Culture

54

GC

Histopathology

17.48 (13.41 to 22.18)

Sonnenberg et al. [101]

USA

2008–2011

2013

PCS

16,759

59.2

IHC

172

Adenocarcinoma

Colonoscopy and EGD histopathological analysis:

1.03 (0.88 to 1.19)

Yang et al. [21]

China

2015–2017

2018

CS

59

58.9

UBT, IHC

9

GC

Biopsy

15.25 (7.22 to 26.99)

Vinagre et al. [102]

Brazil

2013–2014

2015

HBS

506

 

PCR

145

GC

Histopathological analysis:

HE staining

28.66 (24.75 to 32.81)

Li et al. [22]

China

-

2020

PCS

160

53.2

RUT, IHC

75

Adenocarcinoma

Histopathological

46.88 (38.95 to 54.92)

Gucin et al. [103]

Turkey

2007–2011

2013

CS

66

-

RUT, PCR

35

GC

IHC analysis, apoptosis assays, TUNEL assay Histopathology

53.03 (40.34 to 65.44)

Pandey et al. [23]

India

-

2014

PCS

543

 

RUT, Histology

10

GC

-

1.84 (0.89 to 3.36)

Shrestha et al. [89]

Nepal

2011- 2013

2014

CS

155

44.7

HE, Geimsa staining

3

GC

Endoscopy

1.94 (0.4 to 5.55)

Sheikhani et al. [104]

Iraq

2007–2008

2010

PCS

54

43.22

HE staining, Modified Giemsa stain, ELISA

6

GC

Histopathology

11.11 (4.19 to 22.63)

Ouyang et al. [24]

China

2007–2012

2021

CS

79

-

RUT, Giemsa staining

22

GC

Pathology findings

27.85 (18.35 to 39.07)

Leylabadlo et al. [105]

Iran

-

2016

PCS

88

-

Culture, PCR

26

GC

Endoscopic and pathology

29.55 (20.29 to 40.22)

Alaoui Boukhris et al. [25]

Morocco

2009—2013

2013

PCS

478

-

PCR

25

Signet ring cell carcinoma (20/48), adenocarcinoma (18/48), MALT lymphoma (10/48)

Histopathology

5.23 (3.41 to 7.62)

Khamis et al. [106]

Iraq

-

2018

PCS

194

48

RUT, culture, histology examination, PCR

77

GC

Endoscopy

39.69 (32.75 to 46.95)

Gunaletchumy et al. [26]

Malaysia

-

2014

PCS

27

-

-

4

GC

Endoscopic and histological examinations

14.81 (4.19 to 33.73)

Doorakkers et al. [107]

Sweden

2005 -2012

2018

Cohort

95,176

60.1

-

75

Gastric adenocarcinoma: 75 Non-cardia gastric adenocarcinoma: 69

Cardia adenocarcinoma: 6

-

0.08 (0.06 to 0.1)

Horie et al. [108]

Japan

2005–2018

2020

Retrospective

1300

58.3

-

37

GC

-

2.85 (2.01 to 3.9)

Kim et al. [109]

Korea

February 2006 and July 2015

2020

CS

137

54.9

Giemsa staining, CLO test, culturing, serology

69

GC

-

50.36 (41.7 to 59.01)

Shukla et al. [110]

India

2007& 2010

2012

CS

105

46.34

RUT, culture, histopathology, PCR

24

GC

Clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological examination

22.86 (15.23 to 32.07)

Cherati et al. [111]

Iran

Mar 2015 and September 2015

2017

CS

67

52.2

PCR

28

GC

Histologically

41.79 (29.85 to 54.48)

El Khadir et al. [112]

Morocco

-

2018

 

827

 

PCR

81

GC

Histopathological examination

9.79 (7.85 to 12.03)

Raei et al. [27]

Iran

2007 to 2014

2015

CS

242

 

Culture, PCR

42

Cardia cancer:18/42

Non-cardia cancer:24/42

Intestinal-type adenocarcinoma:24/42

Diffuse-type adenocarcinoma:16/42

Invasive squamous cell-type carcinoma:1/42

Mucin producing-type adenocarcinoma:1/42

Histopathological examination

17.36 (12.8 to 22.73)

Abdi et al. [28]

Iran

2012–2014

2016

CS

83

48.7

PCR

27

GC

Histopathological

32.53 (22.65 to 43.7)

Ansari et al. [29]

Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh

2010–2014

2017

PCS

374

37.9

PCR, histological

5

GC

Endoscopic examination/ histopathological method

1.34 (0.44 to 3.09)

Ortiz et al. [113]

USA

2013

2019

PCS

116

52

Culture, PCR

23

Adenocarcinoma Diffuse:10Intestinal:12 Mixed:1

Histopathologic diagnoses

19.83 (13 to 28.25)

Mohammadi et al. [30]

Iran

-

2019

PCS

120

52

PCR

11

GC

Endoscopy

9.17 (4.67 to 15.81)

Yeh et al. [31]

Taiwan

-

2019

PCS

164

59.2

H&E, modified Giemsa stains, PCR, ELISA

30

GC

Histological

18.29 (12.7 to 25.07)

Sheu et al. [114]

Taiwan

-

2012

PCS

92

 

Histology, cultures

20

GC

Endoscopy with histological confirmation

21.74 (13.81 to 31.56)

Yeh et al. [115]

Taiwan

2009–2010

2011

Prospective

145

49.3

Histology and cultures

22

GC

Endoscopy

15.17 (9.76 to 22.07)

Goudarzi et al. [116]

Iran

2012- 2013

2015

CS

98

49

Culture, RUT

35

GC

-

35.71 (26.29 to 46.03)

Phan et al. [117]

Vietnam

2012–2014

2017

PCS

96

44.1

Culture, PCR

2

GC

Histology

2.08 (0.25 to 7.32)

Al-Sabary et al. [118]

Iraq

Feb to Sep 2016

2017

CS

92

-

Culture, PCR

3

GC

Endoscopy

3.26 (0.68 to 9.23)

Ranjbar et al. [119]

Iran

2016-2017

2018

CS

526

-

Cultured, histology

4

Gastric:4

Endoscopy

0.76 (0.21 to 1.94)

Hernandez et al. [32]

Mexico

-

2018

PCS

307

-

ELISA

87

GC

Histology

28.34 (23.37 to 33.74)

Blanchard et al. [120]

Multi-country *

-

2013

PCS

65

-

-

4

GC

-

6.15 (1.7 to 15.01)

Zeng et al. [33]

China

1994 and 2002

2011

Cohort

967

-

ELISA, Serology

160

GC 109: intestinal, 104: diffuse, and 35: mixed type

Histopathologic diagnosis

16.55 (14.26 to 19.04)

Boonyanugomol et al. [34]

Thailand and Korea

-

2020

PCS

170

-

RUT-Culture -PCR

40

GC

Endoscopy

23.53 (17.37 to 30.63)

Ogawa et al. [121]

Japan

-

2017

PCS

43

-

Culture

10

GC

Endoscopy

23.26 (11.76 to 38.63)

Boonyanugomol et al. [122]

Thailand

-

2019

PCS

80

-

RUT, PCR

10

GC

Endoscopy

12.5 (6.16 to 21.79)

Ghoshal et al. [123]

India

-

2014

PCS

68

54.3

RUT, histology, ELISA

21

GC

Histology, Endoscopy, Surgery

30.88 (20.24 to 43.26)

Farzi et al. [124]

Iran

-

2018

PCS

68

47

Culture, PCR

5

GC

Endoscopic and pathological findings

7.35 (2.43 to 16.33)

Yadegar et al. [125]

Iran

2011–2012

2019

CS

61

36

Culture, PCR

5

GC

Histopathological examination

8.2 (2.72 to 18.1)

Hashemi et al. [126]

Iran

2015–2016

2019

 

157

-

PCR, Culture, UT

22

GC

endoscopy

14.01 (8.99 to 20.44)

Kupcinskas et al. [127]

Germany

2005–2012

2014

CS

477

-

Serology

191

GC Intestinal:136, Diffuse:89 Mixed:33, Data unavailable:105

Histological subtyping of GC: Laurén classification

into intestinal and diffuse-types

40.04 (35.61 to 44.59)

Shibukawa et al. [94]

Japan

2006–2019

2021

Retrospective

1003

74

Serological testing, RUT, IHC, SAT

168

GC

Endoscopic characteristics

16.75 (14.49 to 19.21)

Oh et al. [128]

Korea

2008–2013

2019

CS

187

-

Warthin-Starry silver impregnation method

35

GC

-

18.72 (13.4 to 25.06)

Wang et al. [35]

China

2015–2018

2020

CS

61

55.9

Giemsa staining method

32

Non-cardia gastric adenocarcinoma

Histologically

52.46 (39.27 to 65.4)

Boreiri et al. [129]

Iran

2000–2001

2013

Cohort

892

53.1

RUT

32

GC

Histological

3.59 (2.47 to 5.03)

Sakitani et al. [36]

Japan

January 1996 and March 2013

2015

CS

965

62.9

RUT, serological testing, UBT, pathological analysis

21

GC Intestinal type:16 Diffuse type:5

Pathology

2.18 (1.35 to 3.31)

Sekikawa et al. [37]

Japan

January 2004 and December 2012

2016

Cohort

236

-

-

14

GC

Histology, Endoscopy

Sekikawa et al. (201–-5.93 (3.28 to 9.75)

Pakbaz et al. [38]

Iran

March to August 2011

2013

CS

82

46

RUT, PCR

13

GC

Endoscopy

15.85 (8.72 to 25.58)

Sedarat et al. [130]

Iran

2013- 2015

2018

CS

150

43

RUT, PCR

4

GC

Histology, Endoscopy

2.67 (0.73 to 6.69)

Shadman et al. [39]

Iran

2011 -2012

2015

CS

133

63.2

Histopathological examination, RUT

47

GC Well, differentiated:3

Moderately differentiated:10 Poorly differentiated:15

Undifferentiated:4

Histopathological

35.34 (27.25 to 44.09)

Shin et al. [131]

korea

2006–2014

2016

CS

132

60.3

Histology, CLO test, culture

26

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

19.7 (13.29 to 27.51)

Archampong et al. [40]

Ghana

2010& 2012

2016

CS

198

-

RUT-CLO

19

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

9.6 (5.88 to 14.58)

Kobayashi et al. [41]

Japan

April 2005 & November 2015

2016

Retrospective

37

-

RUT, SAT

7

Early gastric cancer:4 Gastric adenoma:2 MALT lymphoma:1 Other fiberscopic findings: 3

Fiberscopy. PET/CT imaging

18.92 (7.96 to 35.16)

Xie et al. [42]

China

2007–2008

2014

CS

142

58.3

RUT, modified Giemsa staining

61

GC Male:39, Female: 22

Pathological diagnosis

42.96 (34.69 to 51.53)

Deng et al. [43]

China

2008& 2013

2014

CS

76

-

 

7

Among the 176 GC cases, 63: intestinal type, 96:diffuse type, 17: mixed type

Pathological diagnosis

9.21 (3.78 to 18.06)

Shi et al. [44]

China

2010—2012

2014

CS

40

-

RUT,Warthin-Starry staining. Gram staining. Oxidase and catalase tests

13

GC: 2 tissues at an early stage and 11 tissues at an advanced stage; 6 intestinal type tissues, 4 diffuse type tissues, and 3 mixed type tissues

Pathological diagnosis

32.5 (18.57 to 49.13)

Yu et al. [132]

China

1992 -2007

2014

CS

217

59.15

IHC -PCR

116

intestinal type:97, diffuse type: 95

Histopathology

53.46 (46.58 to 60.24)

Zabaglia et al. [45]

Brazil

-

2017

PCS

72

65,6

PCR

19

GC

Histopathology

26.39 (16.7 to 38.1)

Szkaradkiewicz et al. [46]

Poland

2013–2014

2016

CS

42

65

PCR

15

GC

Histopathology

35.71 (21.55 to 51.97)

Jorge et al. [47]

Brazil

-

2013

PCS

27

63.4

Multiplex PCR

11

Intestinal: 12

Diffuse type: 8

Histopathology

40.74 (22.39 to 61.2)

Taghizadeh et al. [48]

Iran

2012 -2013

2014

CS

84

-

Histopathology, RUT

21

GC

Endoscopic, Histopathology

25 (16.19 to 35.64)

Khatoon et al. [133]

India

2012–2016

2018

HBS

122

47.34

RIT, culture, histopathology, PCR

40

Intestinal:38

Diffuse: 32

clinical, endoscopic and

histopathological findings

32.79 (24.56 to 41.87)

Yan et al. [49]

China

2019–2020

2021

PCS

294

62.4

UBT, RUT, histopathology

132

GC

Endoscopy

44.9 (39.12 to 50.78)

Vilar e Silva et al. [134]

Brazil

2010- 2011

2014

CS

384

59.9

PCR

190

61/190: diffuse type 129/190: intestinal type

Histological

49.48 (44.37 to 54.6)

Anwar et al. [50]

Egypt

2008–2009

2012

PCS

40

46.9

Serological, ELISA

20

GC Intestinal:10

Diffuse: 7

Mixed: 3

History and clinical examination,

Endoscopy and histopathology

50 (33.8 to 66.2)

Gantuya et al. [90]

Mongolia

2014–2016

2019

CS

606

53.8

RUT, culture, Histology, IHC, serology, updated Sydney system

27

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

4.46 (2.96 to 6.42)

Beheshtirouy et al. [135]

Iran

2016–2018

2020

RCS

62

-

PCR

35

GC

-

56.45 (43.26 to 69.01)

Park et al. [51]

Korea

2015

2019

PCS

58

54.1

RUT, Serology, EIA, latex agglutination turbidimetric immunoassay,

32

GC

Histopathology

55.17 (41.54 to 68.26)

Shukla et al. [136]

India

2005–2009

2011

CS

118

-

RUT, Culture, histopathology, PCR

31

GC

Histopathology

26.27 (18.6 to 35.17)

Toyoshima et al. [52]

Japan

2002–2014

2017

RCS

1232

54.1

UBT, Serology, SAT

15

GC

Histological evaluation: Vienna classification

1.22 (0.68 to 2)

Spulber et al. [137]

Romania

2012–2013

2015

Retrospective cohort

1694

55

Fast urease test

46

GC

Endoscopy

2.72 (1.99 to 3.61)

Sugimoto et al. [138]

Japan

2013–2015

2017

RCS

1200

71.3

Anti-Hp- IgG serological test a PCR, culture UBT

268

De novo cancers: 248 metachronous cancers: 20

Endoscopy

22.33 (20.01 to 24.8)

Kobayashi et al. [53]

Japan

2013 -2017

2019

RCS

1271

61

Serum anti-H. pylori antibodies, UBT, SAT, histopathology

84

MALT:16

Histopathology

6.61 (5.31 to 8.12)

Leung et al. [139]

China

2003–2012

2018

Cohort

73,237

55.2

Endoscopy

200

GC

-

0.27 (0.24 to 0.31)

Watari et al. [140]

Japan

-

2019

Cohort

61

70

UBT, Giemsa staining, IgG antibody test

37

GC

Histological analysis

60.66 (47.31 to 72.93)

Nam et al. [141]

Korea

2003–2011

2019

Retrospective cohort

5558

52.6

RUT

46

Early GC: 29

AGCs gastric cardia: 2

Endoscopic resection

0.83 (0.61 to 1.1)

Sallas et al. [142]

Brazil

-

2019

PCS

72

65.6

PCR

19

GC

Histological classification: Sydney system

26.39 (16.7 to 38.1)

Queiroz et al. [143]

Brazil

-

2011

PCS

252

61.9

Histopathological study, PCR

58

Non-cardia gastric adenocarcinoma

Histopathology

23.02 (17.97 to 28.71)

Sun et al. [144]

China

-

2018

PCS

49

-

UBT

25

GC

Pathology: gastric resection

51.02 (36.34 to 65.58)

Jiang et al. [145]

China

2003–2012

2016

RCS

43,080

-

RUT

1497

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

3.47 (3.3 to 3.65)

Hu et al. [146]

China

2015–2016

2019

CS

57

-

RUT, IHC

16

GC

-

28.07 (16.97 to 41.54)

Ferraz et al. [147]

Brazil

-

2015

PCS

94

40.3

PCR

44

Neoplastic:21,

adjacent nonneoplastic tissue:23

Histopathology

46.81 (36.44 to 57.39)

Tahara et al. [148]

Japan

2013–2016

2019

CS

87

-

Histological analysis and molecular study

43

Metachronous:8

GC:35

Histological analysis and molecular study

49.43 (38.53 to 60.36)

Vaziri et al. [149]

Iran

-

2013

PCS

71

66

Culture, PCR

1

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

1.41 (0.04 to 7.6)

Boonyanugomol et al. [54]

Thailand and Korea

-

2018

PCS

95

-

RUT, PCR

10

GC

-

10.53 (5.16 to 18.51)

Ono et al. [150]

Dominican

2011–2016

2020

CS

175

-

Culture, PCR

1

GC

Histopathology

0.57 (0.01 to 3.14)

Pandey et al. [55]

India

2007–2012

2018

CS

99

-

PCR, Culture

34

Diffuse‐type:44, Intestinal‐type:21

IHC

34.34 (25.09 to 44.56)

Link et al. [151]

Germany

2011–2013

2015

PCS

41

68.6

Culture rapid urease test, serology, histology and microbiology

8

Cardia:7,Corpus:6

Antrum:3,Diffuse:5

Intestinal:9,other 2

Histopathology

19.51 (8.82 to 34.87)

Casarotto et al. [152]

Italy

-

2019

PCS

91

-

Histological Study

Gram staining, and

urease production

39

GC

Histopathology

42.86 (32.53 to 53.66)

Zao et al. [56]

China

-

2020

PCS

177

-

Culture, PCR

33

GC

-

18.64 (13.19 to 25.17)

Abu-Taleb et al. [57]

Egypt

2016–2017

2018

CS

90

-

RUT, PCR

4

GC

Endoscopy

4.44 (1.22 to 10.99)

Chomvarin et al. [153]

Thailand

 

2012

CS

147

50

Gram’s staining, catalase, oxidase and UT, PCR

18

GC

-

12.24 (7.42 to 18.66)

Bilgiç et al. [154]

Turkish

2014–2015

2018

CS

95

55.71

RT-PCR

34

GC

Histopathology

epigenetic assessments

35.79 (26.21 to 46.28)

Chiu et al. [155]

Taiwan

 

2018

Cohort

60

-

Gastric endoscopy

18

Adenocarcinoma

Endoscopy

30 (18.85 to 43.21)

Kumar et al. [79]

USA

1994–2018

2020

Cohort

36,695

60.4

Pathology, SAT, UBT

108

Oesophageal and proximal GCs

Endoscopy

0.29 (0.24 to 0.36)

Nishikawa et al. [80]

Japan

2006–2014

2018

Cohort

674

 

UBT, RUT, EIA

25

Gastric cancer

Endoscopy

3.71 (2.41 to 5.43)

Sadjadi et al. [81]

Iran

-

2014

Cohort

928

53.1

Histology, RUT

36

GC

Histological

3.88 (2.73 to 5.33)

Abadi et al. [156]

Iran

2009–2010

2011

CS

128

-

Culture, PCR

28

Adenocarcinoma

Endoscopy

21.88 (15.05 to 30.04)

Hnatyszyn et al. [157]

Poland

-

2013

PCS

131

36

RUT, IgG antibodies,

histopathological

examination

17

GC

Endoscopy and histopathology

12.98 (7.74 to 19.96)

Abadi et al. [158]

Iran

2007–2010

2012

CS

232

44

Gram staining, Acid resistance testing,

Endoscopy, PCR

32

GC

Histopathology

13.79 (9.63 to 18.91)

Ohkusa et al. [159]

Japan

1994–2000

2004

CS

172

53

Endoscopy, RUT, UBT, histological examination

5

GC gastric adenoma or early cancer

Endoscopy

2.91 (0.95 to 6.65)

Abe et al. [82]

Japan

-

2010

PCS

254

56.8

Culture, IHC

28

GC

Endoscopy

11.02 (7.45 to 15.54)

Lahner et al. [160]

Italy

-

2011

PCS

29

52.5

Biopsy, immunoproteome technology

10

GC

-

34.48 (17.94 to 54.33)

Herrera et al. [83]

Mexico

1999–2002

2013

CS

137

55.3

ELISA

41

Gastric adenocarcinoma

Endoscopic and Histopathology

29.93 (22.41 to 38.34)

Tanaka et al. [161]

Japan

2003–2007

2011

CS

99

59.1

Biopsy immunoproteome technology

90

Gastric carcinoma

IHC

90.91 (83.44 to 95.76)

Batista et al. [84]

Brazil

-

2011

Cohort

436

52.7

 

188

GC

Endoscopy pepsinogen tests

43.12 (38.42 to 47.92)

Choi et al. [162]

South Korea

2006–2013

2015

CS

237

-

Modified Giemsa staining, culture, RUT, PCR

71

GC

Biopsy, serum pepsinogen tests

29.96 (24.2 to 36.23)

Chuang et al. [163]

Taiwan

-

2011

PCS

469

48.1

Modified Giemsa stain, SDS-PAGE

26

GC

Gastric biopsy

5.54 (3.65 to 8.02)

Cavalcante et al. [85]

Brazil

2008

2012

PCS

134

46

PCR

30

Gastric carcinoma

Histopathology

22.39 (15.64 to 30.39)

Borges et al. [164]

Brazil

-

2019

PCS

75

40.9

PCR

2

Gastric adenocarcinoma

Histopathology

2.67 (0.32 to 9.3)

Salih et al. [87]

Turkey

-

2013

PCS

66

-

Giemsa, PCR, RUT

35

34 intestinal type, 1 diffuse type

Histopathology

53.03 (40.34 to 65.44)

Huang et al. [165]

China

2012–2014

2018

CS

122

-

UBT, RUT, histopathology

65

GC

Gastroscopy/histopathology

53.28 (44.03 to 62.36)

Xie et al. [166]

China

2010–2016

2018

CS

116

-

ELISA

72

19 early, 53 advanced GC

Gastroscopy/pathological

62.07 (52.59 to 70.91)

Pereira et al. [167]

Brazil

-

2020

PCS

103

-

PCR

38

GC

Histopathological

36.89 (27.59 to 46.97)

Nam et al. [168]

Korea

2003–2013

2018

CS

17,751

-

RUT

82

GC

Gastroscopy

0.46 (0.37 to 0.57)

Saber et al. [58]

Saudi Arabia

2012–2014

2015

CS

131

-

PCR, IgG antibody/culture

43

GC

Histopathology

32.82 (24.88 to 41.57)

Matsunari et al. [59]

Japan

1993–2005

2012

CS

291

-

Culture, PCR

23

GC

Endoscopy/histological

7.9 (5.08 to 11.62)

Khatoon et al. [169]

India

2012–2016

2017

CS

122

-

RUT/culture/histology

PCR

40

GC

Endoscopy

32.79 (24.56 to 41.87)

Ghoshal et al. [60]

India

-

2013

PCS

185

-

RUT/ELISA

49

GC

Endoscopy & biopsy

26.49 (20.28 to 33.46)

Amiri et al. [61]

Iran

2012–2013

2016

CS

86

-

RUT/histopathological qRT-PCR

20

GC

Histopathological

23.26 (14.82 to 33.61)

Farajzadeh Sheikh et al. [62]

Iran

2014–2015

2018

CS

201

-

PCR, Gram staining

Urease test, culture

22

GC

Histopathological

10.95 (6.99 to 16.1)

El Khadir et al. [63]

Morocco

2009–2019

2021

CS

823

48.2

PCR

75

GC

Endoscopically / histological

9.11 (7.24 to 11.29)

Pandey et al. [170]

India

2007–2012

2014

PCS

99

-

PCR

34

44 diffuse/ 21 intestinal adenocarcinoma

Histological

34.34 (25.09 to 44.56)

Park et al. [64]

Korea

2008–2013

2016

CS

10,947

-

Immunoglobulin, RUT, pathology

45

GC

Histological

0.41 (0.3 to 0.55)

Kawamura et al. [65]

Japan

2007–2010

2013

PCS

139

-

RUT

61

Differentiated: 46 Undifferentiated GC: 21

Magnifying endoscopy histological

43.88 (35.49 to 52.55)

Raza et al. [66]

Pakistan

-

2017

Prospective

168

-

PCR

55

GC

Histopathological

32.74 (25.71 to 40.39)

Yoon et al. [171]

Korea

2006–2014

2019

CS

303

-

Giemsa, RUT, culture ELISA

170

GC Intestinal: 119, Diffuse: 51

Endoscopically

56.11 (50.32 to 61.77)

Santos et al. [67]

Brazil

-

2020

PCS

92

-

PCR

32

GC

Histopathological

34.78 (25.15 to 45.43)

Guo et al. [69]

China

2010–2012

2014

CS

50

-

RUT, UBT, Serology

17

GC, Intestinal:18, Diffuse: 18

Histopathological

34 (21.21 to 48.77)

Haddadi et al. [93]

Iran

2013

2015

CS

128

26

Culture, PCR

14

GC

Histopathological

10.94 (6.11 to 17.67)

Wei et al. [172]

Taiwan

-

2021

Cohort

48

69

-

43

GC

-

89.58 (77.34 to 96.53)