Table 2 Prevalence of significant predictors for eosinophils present in the distal oesophagus, eosinophils present at 2 cm above the Z‐line, eosinophils present at the Z‐line, and eosinophils present only at the Z‐line in the Kalixanda study population.

	Kalixanda study population (n = 1000)	Eosinophils present (n = 48)	Eosinophils present 2 cm above the Z‐line (n = 26)	Eosinophils present at the Z‐line (n = 47)	Eosinophils present only at the Z‐line (n = 22)
Male sex (%)	48.8	62.5	76.9	63.8	45.5
p Value		NS (0.051)	0.003	0.034	NS
Gastro‐oesophageal reflux symptoms (%)	40	45.8	46.2	44.7	45.5
p Value		NS	NS	NS	NS
Dyspepsia (%)	22.2	6.3	3.9	6.4	9.1
p Value		0.002	0.007	0.003	NS
Erosive oesophagitis (%)	15.5	37.5	38.5	38.3	36.4
p Value		<0.001	0.009	<0.001	0.013
Hiatus hernia (%)	23.9	39.6	38.5	40.4	40.9
p Value		0.013	NS	0.010	NS
Oesophageal ulcer (%)	2.2	12.5	7.7	12.8	18.2
p Value		<0.001	NS	<0.001	0.001
Narrowing of the oesophageal lumen (%)	1.7	6.3	3.9	6.4	9.1
p Value		0.044	NS	0.042	NS (0.051)
H pylori* (%)	33.9	16.7	19.2	17.0	13.6
p Value		0.006	NS	0.008	0.029
Carditis (%)	39.4	23.4	20.0	23.9	27.3
p Value		0.017	0.035	0.023	NS

*Helicobacter pylori positive by histology and/or culture.