title: Serum gastrin in patients with various types of chronic gastritis.
abstract: Fasting serum gastrin was determined in 35 Chinese patients with various types of chronic gastritis and in 23 Chinese control subjects. The mean (+/- S.D.) fasting serum gastrin levels for 13 patients with chronic atrophic gastritis, 16 patients with chronic gastritis and six patients with acute-on-chronic gastritis were 32.1 (+/- 38.9) pg./ml., 36.1 (+/- 23.2) pg./ml. and 33.7 (+/- 19.4) pg./ml., respectively. The mean (+/- S.D.) fasting serum gastrin levels for the whole gastritis group (35 patients) and the control group were 34.2 (+/- 28.8) pg./ml. and 24.6 (+/- 13.7) pg./ml., respectively. Statistical analysis showed that the mean basal serum gastrin levels of the three gastritis groups did not differ significantly from control subjects and with each other.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012846:Singapore
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins