Table 1.
Demographic, Clinical and Manometric Characteristics
| GERD n=16 |
Acid Sensitive n=16 |
Normal Controls n=14 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | 51.7 | 51 | 38.7 ± 3.7 |
| Gender | 9 F/ 7 M | 12 F/ 4 M | 10 F/ 4 M |
| Chest Pain Severity Index* | 5.0 [2.3–8.0] | 7.5 [4.4–10.5] | n/a |
| Global Symptoms on VAS* | 7.3 [6.4–8.1] | 6.2 [4.6–7.8] | n/a |
| Acid exposure time* | 16.2 [12.4–19.9] | 2.1 [1.5–2.6] | n/a |
| Symptom association | |||
| GPE | 100% | 100% | n/a |
| SI* | 75.0% | 50.0% | n/a |
| Segment lengths | |||
| Segment 1 | 35.0% | 31.5% | 24.8% |
| Segment 2 | 39.5% | 26.5% | 44.4% |
| Segment 3† | 25.5% | 42.0% | 30.8% |
*
p<0.05 for comparisons between GERD and acid sensitive groups
†
p<0.05 across groups
Values in parenthesis indicate 95% confidence intervals