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. 2005 Jul 14;11(26):4067–4077. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i26.4067

Table 6.

Healing by grade at 4, 8, 12 wk comparing PPIs with H2RAs (PP rate)

4 wk
8 wk
12 wk
I II III IV I II III IV I II
Number of arms 2 4 3 2 5 3 1
sd PPIs Pooled data 53/60 128/162 20/54 23/23 166/178 28/47 2/3
Pooled rate (%) 88.3 79.0 37.0 100.0 93.3 59.6 66.7
sd H2RAs Pooled data 27/54 65/172 2/41 16/25 101/182 6/34 0/2
Pooled rate (%) 50.0 37.8 4.9 64.0 55.5 17.6 0
Summary RR 1.760 2.037 5.588 1.502 1.648 2.766 2.525
95%CI 1.329-2.332 1.631-2.545 1.701-18.363 1.107-2.038 1.440-1.885 1.284-5.916 1.046-6.093
No. of arms 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 1
hd PPIs Pooled data 40/46 88/123 21/30 46/46 104/120 24/30 29/29 42/46
Pooled rate (%) 87.0 71.5 70.0 100.0 86.7 80.0 100.0 91.3
sd H2RAs Pooled data 26/50 49/126 3/28 37/49 62/121 6/28 28/32 19/35
Pooled rate (%) 52.0 38.9 10.7 75.5 51.2 21.4 87.5 54.3
Summary RR 1.665 1.835 6.110 1.300 1.689 3.626 1.111 1.676
95%CI 1.248-2.222 1.436-2.345 2.138-17.459 1.102-1.534 1.400-2.036 1.772-7.418 0.957-1.291 1.222-2.298
Number of arms 2 1 1 2 1 1
ld PPIs Pooled data 144/175 34/42 9/28 162/175 42/44 15/28
Pooled rate (%) 82.3 81.0 32.1 92.6 95.5 53.6
sd H2RAs Pooled data 104/175 15/50 1/22 132/175 27/49 2/21
Pooled rate (%) 59.4 30.0 4.5 75.4 55.1 9.5
Summary RR 1.384 2.698 7.071 1.227 1.732 5.625
95%CI 1.202-1.592 1.724-4.224 0.967-51.707 1.116-1.349 1.335-2.249 1.440-21.980
Refractory esophagitis
Number of arms 1 1 2 1 2
sd PPIs Pooled data 62/77 11/22 105/116 13/15 18/29
Pooled rate (%) 80.5 50.0 90.5 86.7 62.1
sd H2RAs Pooled data 20/40 1/11 26/61 2/8 0/14
Pooled rate (%) 50.0 9.1 42.6 25.0 0
Summary RR 1.606 5.500 2.117 3.229 35.881
95%CI 1.158-2.228 0.835-25.337 1.575-2.845 1.034-10.091 0.728-1767.6

sd: standard dose; ld: low dose.