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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2013 Jun 29;185(2):e101–e108. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.06.011

Table 4.

Spearman correlations of pepsin concentrations in the BALF and manometric profile.

LES
pressure
LES total
length
LES abdominal
length
DEA
AAT
r ID 0.87 0.00 −0.50
P value ID 0.33 1.00 1.00
CF
r −0.15 0.86 −0.34 0.31
P value 0.78 0.08 0.52 0.78
COPD
r −0.43 0.05 −0.15 −0.50
P value 0.08 0.85 0.59 0.03
IPF
r −0.48 −0.08 0.07 −0.30
P value 0.13 0.83 0.85 0.38

DEA = distal esophageal amplitude; ID = insufficient data available for statistical analysis.