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Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2009 Jun 23;21(12):1294–e123. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01338.x

Table 3.

Intra-esophageal pressurization and UES relaxation related to distal esophageal shortening and/or prolonged LES relaxation response.

	Patient group
	Non-achalasia (n=64)	Achalasia (n=15
Distal esophagus (mmHg)	2.5 (-6.4 – 8.2)	8.1 (-4.2 – 75.6)^*
Proximal esophagus (mmHg)	2.7 (-2.7 – 10.1)	6.6 (-10.3 – 27.3)
Non-deglutitive UES relaxation	37 (58 %)	12 (80%)

Median (5^th – 95^th percentile)

p < 0.05