Table 1.

Patients characteristics and endoscopic and histologic findings.

Variable	Overall (N = 16) 1995–2005	Overall (N = 73) 2005–2015	P-value
Mean age at diagnosis (SD)	10 (6)	7.5 (5.2)	0.64
Male, No. (%)	10 (62.5%)	49 (67.1%)	0.87
Presenting symptom
Vomiting	6 (43.5%)	30 (41.1%)	0.84
Dysphagia	10 (60.9%)	26 (35.6%)	0.032
Abdominal pain	5 (30.4%)	19 (26.0%)	0.68
Food impaction	3 (21.7%)	7 (9.6%)	0.12
Failure to thrive	Unavailable data	6 (8.2%)
Duration of symptoms Mean (month)	Unavailable data	13
History of asthma	7/11 (63.6%)	29 (39.7%)	0.14
	Data available on 11 children
History of eczema	Unavailable data	18 (24.7%)
History of allergic rhinitis	7/13 (53.8%)	45 (61.6%)	0.60
	Data available on 13 children
History of food allergy	8/14 (57.1%)	35 (47.9%)	0.53
	Data available on 14 children
Family history of EoE	6 (37.5%)	2 (2.7%)	<0.001
Esophageal endoscopic findings
Normal	10 (65.2%)	16 (21.9%)	<0.001
Linear furrows	5 (30.4%)	58 (79.5%)	<0.001
White plaques	0 (0%)	31 (42.5%)	<0.001
Trachealization	1 (<1%)	5 (6.8%)	0.67
Stricture	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	–
Mean eosinophil count/HPF on esophageal biopsies			0.20
15–30	7 (39.2%)	33 (45.2%)
31–45	4 (26%)	8 (11.0%)
>45	5 (34.8%)	32 (43.8%)