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Table 2.

Demographic, clinical and endoscopic characteristics of the subject groups.

	Control subjects	EoE patients	GERD patients
Number	50	48	48
Mean age (range) yrs	28 (19–48)	42 (19–77)	48 (20–83)
Gender (male/female)	29/21	28/20	23/25
Symptoms
Dysphagia	0	46 (96%)	4 (8%)
Food impaction	0	28 (58%)	0
Heartburn ± Regurgitation	0	22 (46%)	36 (75%)
Atypical GERD symptoms	0	1 (2%)	12 (25%)
Endoscopy*
Rings	NA	26 (54%)	0
Furrows	NA	29 (60%)	0
Stricture	NA	7 (15%)	0
Schatzki ring	NA	9 (19%)	2 (4%)
Hiatus hernia	NA	1 (2%)	12 (25%)
Esophagitis (Los Angeles classification)	NA	0	7 (15%) grade A, 3 (6%) grade B, 1 (2%) grade D

NA not available