. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2013 Aug 21;25(11):e765–e771. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12205

Table 1.

Esophageal cross-sectional area (CSA) values at 7.5, 15 and 30 mmHg intrabag pressure from the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) to 10 cm proximal in 10 subjects.

	CSA (mm²)
Distance from the midline of EGJ (cm)	7.5 mmHg	15 mmHg	30 mmHg
10	212 (179–277)	286 (259–337)	329 (316–345)
9	228 (202–295)	306 (275–346)	337 (322–357)
8	236 (234–307)	311 (293–346)	348 (336–362)
7	260 (223–288)	292 (286–348)	356 (330–384)
6	268 (231–315)	340 (279–497)	342 (317–419)
5	292 (254–347)	334 (302–421)	350 (320–425)
4	329 (253–371)^†	326 (291–402)	346 (333–471)
3	307 (256–386)	325 (299–398)	349 (341–511)
2	250 (210–367)	293 (268–404)	341 (322–504)
1	111 (82–165)^*	256 (184–400)	330 (299–502)
0	63 (20–121)^*	200 (92–353)	315 (220–453)

Note:

P<0.05 vs. other positions;

^†

P<0.05 vs. 10 cm proximal to the midline of EGJ (position 0).