Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Group 1 N = 24	Group 2 N = 17	p
Females N (%)	7 (29.2%)	7 (41.2%)	0.42
Age (years) median (IQR);	62 (50–75);	61 (60–74);	0.65
Mean age (range)	59.7 (21–83)	65 (40–85)
Etiology of esophageal stricture	N (%)	N (%)	0.89
Peptic	10 (41.7%)	6 (35.3%)
Post-surgical	6 (25%)	6 (35.3%)
Post-radiation	5 (20.8%)	3 (17.6%)
Caustic ingestion	2 (8.3%)	1 (5.9%)
Ischemic	0 (0%)	1 (5.9%)
Eosinophilic esophagitis	1 (4.2%)	0 (0%)
Stricture length: median (range) in cm	2 (0.5–6)	2 (0.2–12)	0.65

IQR: interquartile range.