TABLE 1.

Clinical and histological responses according to treatment group

Variable	Steroid (N = 17)	Dietary restriction (N = 14)	Combination (N = 32)	P*
Time between biopsies
N	14	9	20
Median (min, max)	0.5 (0.2, 2.9)	0.8 (0.3, 3.9)	0.7 (0.2, 6.5)	0.22
Baseline eos/hpf
N	17	14	32
Median (min, max)	40 (20, 92)	47.5 (20, 75)	49.5 (19, 105)	0.95
Repeated eos/hpf
N	14	10	20
Median (min, max)	9.5 (0, 102)	9.5 (0, 100)	0 (0, 25)	0.07
Change in eos/hpf†
N	14	10	20
Median (min, max)	−32 (−88, 72)	−29 (−50, 37)	−38.5 (−105, 5)	0.26
Remission, n (%)
Clinical	12/17 (71%)	9/14 (64%)	29/32 (91%)	0.06
Histological	7/14 (50%)	6/10 (60%)	16/20 (80%)	0.21

Eos/hpf = number of eosinophils per high-power field; max = maximum; min = minimum; N = number.

^*P were determined by Fisher exact test or Kruskal-Wallis test.

^†Computed as post-treatment minus baseline; negative values indicate a decline in eos/hpf.