Table 2.

Number of patients with each POEM score and corresponding (a) GQ1 scores and (b) GQ2 scores (global patient-rated disease severity 0–4)

		GQ scores
POEM score	Patient total	0	1	2	3	4	Mean	Median	Mode	Proposed banding
(a)
0	16	16					0·00	0	0	Clear
1	22	16	6				0·27	0	0
2	37	21	12	4			0·54	0	0
3	26	6	20				0·77	1	1	Mild
4	19		19				1·00	1	1
5	20	3	10	7			1·2	1	1
6	56	2	43	11			1·16	1	1
7	25		12	10	3		1·64	2	1
8	54	8	13	29	4		1·54	2	2	Moderate
9	44		7	29	8		2·02	2	2
10	45	4	6	31	4		1·78	2	2
11	42		15	16	7	4	2·00	2	2
12	40		12	24	4		1·80	2	2
13	55		12	31	10	2	2·04	2	2
14	36		1	30	5		2·11	2	2
15	47		4	27	14	2	2·30	2	2
16	47			27	20		2·43	2	2
17	47			17	26	4	2·74	3	3	Severe
18	45		5	20	20		2·33	2	2/3
19	47		1	21	19	6	2·64	3	2
20	44		3	12	20	9	2·80	3	3
21	21			4	14	3	2·95	3	3
22	40			6	27	7	3·02	3	3
23	33			2	28	3	3·03	3	3
24	21				15	6	3·29	3	3
25	30			1	17	12	3·37	3	3
26	8					8	4·00	4	4	Very severe
27	10				7	3	3·30	3	3
28	23				7	16	3·70	4	4
(b)
0	16	16					0	0	0
1	22	16	6				0·27	0	0	Clear
2	37	12	19	6			0·84	1	1
3	26	13	8	5			0·69	0·5	0
4	19	2	17				0·89	1	1	Mild
5	20		1	7			1·35	1	1
6	56	7	34	15			1·14	1	1
7	25		14	9	2		1·52	1	1
8	54		28	26			1·48	1	1
9	44		7	31	6		1·98	2	2	Moderate
10	45		13	28	4		1·80	2	2
11	42		9	32	1		1·81	2	2
12	40		5	21	14		2·10	2	2
13	55		6	35	12	2	2·18	2	2
14	36		5	28	3		1·94	2	2
15	47		8	27	10	2	2·13	2	2
16	47	1	8	18	20		2·21	2	3
17	47	1	2	13	27	4	2·66	3	3
18	45		9	19	10	7	2·36	2	2
19	47			21	16	10	2·77	3	2	Severe
20	44			17	16	11	2·86	3	2
21	21			6	15		2·71	3	3
22	40			8	24	8	3·00	3	3
23	33				33		3·00	3	3
24	21				13	8	3·38	3	3
25	30				14	16	3·53	4	4
26	8				5	3	3·38	3	3
27	10					10	4	4	4	Very severe
28	23				8	15	3·65	4	4

Grey shaded scores represent two possible bandings based on mean, median and mode values and POEM subscore analysis.