Gastric mucosal changes, and sex differences therein, after Helicobacter pylori eradication: A long-term prospective follow-up study.

During 17 years after HPE, atrophy, but not IM, improved significantly at the greater curvatures of the antrum and corpus. IM was significantly more severe in males than in females. Careful follow-up after HPE based on sex differences in gastric mucosal characteristics is important.