. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 10.

Published in final edited form as: J Gastrointest Surg. 2011 Oct 28;16(1):16–25. doi: 10.1007/s11605-011-1741-1

Table 1.

Demographics of healthy volunteer (n=40) and LPR patients (n=24)

	Healthy volunteer (n=40)	Treatment responsive LPR patients (n=24)
Sex	M=18, F=22	M=6, F=18
Age (years)	33 (range, 19–59)	55 (range, 29–78)
BMI (kg m⁻²)	26.1 (range, 17.5–40)	28.4 (range, 19.1–43.8)
Race	Caucasian (28), African-American (7), Asian (2), Hispanic (3)	Caucasian (23), African-American (1)
Esophagitis	0	75% (10/15)
Hiatal hernia	0	81.3% (13/16)
Complete response to therapy	n/a	PPI (10), ARS (14)

PPI proton pump inhibitor; ARS antireflux surgery