Table 2.

Effect of esomeprazole pretreatment on esophageal epithelial DIS induced by WRS and aspirin (μm, mean ± SD)

Damaging factors	Mean IS		Mean of minimal IS		Mean of maximal IS
	Control group	Esomeprazole group	Control group	Esomeprazole group	Control group	Esomeprazole group
WRS	0.37 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.05	0.25 ± 0.04	0.49 ± 0.05	0.45 ± 0.07
AIG	0.27 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.03