Table 5.

Impact of tobacco, alcohol, and NSAIDs on treatment response in EoE cases

	EoE cases with follow up data (n = 86)†
	No histologic response (n = 28)	Histologic response (n = 58)	p*
NSAID use (n, %)
Not current	26 (37)	45 (63)	0.08
Current	2 (13)	13 (87)
Smoking (n, %)
Never	21 (32)	47 (68)	0.60
Ever	7 (39)	11 (61)
Chewing tobacco (n, %)
Ever used
No	24 (32)	53 (68)	0.47
Yes	4 (44)	5 (56)
Current use
No	26 (32)	58 (68)	0.05
Yes	2 (100)	0 (0)
Alcohol (n, %)
Current use
No	9 (45)	11 (55)	0.19
Yes	19 (29)	47 (71)
>7 drinks per week
No	22 (40)	34 (60)	0.06
Yes	6 (20)	24 (80)

^†nonresponders defined by ≥15 eos/hpf on esophageal biopsy; responders defined by <15 eos/hpf on esophageal biopsy;

*proportions compared with chi-square.