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Biopsy Characteristics of Patients Not on Therapy
| Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis N = 16 |
Patients without Esophageal Eosinophilia (normal esophagus) N = 21 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of biopsies | 119 | 52 | |
| Number of biopsies per patient, mean ± SD | 7.4 ± 2.4 | 2.5 ± 1.2 | <0.01 |
| Biopsies with adequate lamina propria | 51 (43%) | 16 (31%) | 0.14 |
| Patients with adequate lamina propria | 15 (94%) | 10 (48%) | <0.01 |
| Patients with insufficient lamina propria (i.e. Indeterminate) | 1 (6%) | 11 (52%) |
