. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2013 Aug 6;59(1):57–63. doi: 10.1007/s10620-013-2804-9

Table 1.

Characteristics of clinical subjects in this study

Characteristic	BE (n = 109)	ERD (n = 192)	EEE (n = 31)	GERD (ERD + EE) (n = 223)
Sex, male ^*	72 (66.1%)	77 (40.1%)	15 (48.4%)	92 (41.3%)
Hiatal hernia ^*	70 (64.2%)	76 (39.6%)	21 (67.7%)	97 (43.5%)
Age (years) ^*
≥50	87 (79.8%)	103 (53.6%)	21 (67.7%)	124 (55.6%)
Range	28 – 81	19 – 80	20 – 74	19 – 80
Mean ± SD	59.2 ± 10.8	51.4 ± 13.9	52.6 ± 12.8	51.5 ± 13.7

Significant difference between GERD and BE according to Fisher’s exact test (P < 0.001).