<prompt> Predisposing cause for Ca. stomach are except ?Chr. gastric atrophyHyperplastic polypMetaplasia grade III intestinePernicious anemia  <response>: Answer b i.e. Hyperplastic polyp Of the given options, hyperplastic polyp carries the least risk. In fact it carries a very small risk 2 Note that if we follow strictly to the terminolgoy mentioned in Maingots Schwaz, none of the given options are Predisposing factors; all these are premalignant condition. But I think examiners are not rigid about the terminology and consider both predisposing factors and premalignant conditions as one and same thing. 