Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Characteristics	Patients (n = 53)
Gender
Females	17 (32.1)
Males	36 (67.9)
Age, year	47.2 ± 15.2
Disease severity
Lund-MacKay CT score	10.7 ± 1.1
Lund-Kennedy endoscopic score	2.4 ± 1.1
Eosinophil values
High mucosal eosinophil count (>10 eosinophils/HPF)	33 (62.3)
Low mucosal eosinophil count (≤10 eosinophils/HPF)	20 (37.7)
Peripheral eosinophil count (×103/μL)	0.4 ± 0.3

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation of number (%), where appropriate

CT computed tomography, HPF high-power field (400×)