Table 2.

Comparison of pre- and post- diet therapy peak eosinophil counts/HPF and remission status among diet therapies (n = 98).

	Diet Therapy
	Elemental (n = 49)	SFED (n = 26)	Directed (n = 23)
Pre-diet Therapy:
Peak eosinophil count/HPF
Median	51.0	76.5*	38.0*
Interquartile range	28.0 – 90.0	48.0 – 101.0	23.0 – 87.0
Post-diet Therapy:
Peak eosinophil count/HPF
Median	1.0†	2.5	7.0†
Interquartile range	0 – 3.5	0 – 10.3	0 – 25.0
Remission Types||:
Remission, n (%)	47 (96)‡	21 (81)	15 (65)‡
Complete remission, n (%)	29 (59) §	10 (39)	7 (30) §
Partial remission, n (%)	13 (27)	6 (23)	2 (9)
Partial resolution, n (%)	5 (10)	5 (19)	6 (26)
Non-remission, n (%)	2 (4)‡	5 (19)	8 (35)‡

Remmission types were compared statistically using the Kruskal-Wallis test. If significant differences were detected, pairwise comparisons were performed. Adjusted P-values using Hochberg correction for multiple pairwise comparisons that were significantly different:

^*SFED vs. directed, P = 0.036;

^†elemental vs. directed, P = 0.01;

^‡elemental vs. directed, P = 0.001;

^§elemental vs. directed, P = 0.04.

^||Remission types were defined as: remission < 15 eosinophils/HPF; complete remission ≤ 1 eosinophil/HPF; partial remission 2–5 eosinophils/HPF; partial resolution 6–14 eosinophils/HPF; and non-remission ≥ 15 eosinophils/HPF.