BAX and Peptic ulcer: No significant differences in median BAX mRNA expression were found between peptic ulcer cases (median 1.2000) and macroscopically normal tissue (median 1.4382) (p = 0.7875; q = 0.8264), nor between the gastric cancer group (median: 1.4241) and morphologically normal tissue (median 1.4382); (p = 0.8264; q = 0.8264), nor between peptic ulcer patients (median 1.2000) and gastric cancer patients (median 1.4241); (p = 0.6263; q = 0.8264) (see Figure 3).