Correlation of chronic atrophic gastritis with gastric-specific circulating biomarkers

Background and study aims

It has been suggested that the combined detection of multiple serum biomarkers can effectively screen out the high-risk population of chronic atrophic gastritis in the general population. Therefore, it is necessary to establish an effective predictive model of chronic atrophic gastritis.

Patients and methods

Serum biopsies were assessed using five stomach-specific circulating biomarkers pepsinogen I (PGI), PGII, PGI/II ratio, anti- H. pylori antibody, and gastrin-17 (G-17) to identify high-risk individuals and evaluate the risk of developing chronic atrophic gastritis.

Results

In the cross-sectional analysis, PGII, the PG ratio, G17, anti- H. pylori IgG were positively associated with the presence of chronic atrophic gastritis, and combined prediction of the five biomarkers was more accurate than single-factor prediction ((0.692 vs 0.54(PG1), 0.604 (PGⅡ), 0.616(PGI/II ratio), 0.629(G-17)).

Conclusion

The combination of PGI, PGII, the PGI/II ratio, G17, and anti-H. pylori antibodies for serological analysis are helpful to screen chronic atrophic gastritis high-risk subjects from the general population and recommend that these people carry out further endoscopy and biopsy.