Table 1.
Demographics of study population and by EGID diagnosis (N = 376).
| All Subjects N = 376 (n, %) |
EG N = 142 (n, %) |
EGE N = 123 (n, %) |
EC N = 108 (n, %) |
Multiple areas of eosinophilic inflammation N = 154 (n, %) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study center | ||||||
| CHC | 99 (26) | 41 (29) | 15 (12) | 43 (40) | 31 (20) | |
| UNC | 93 (25) | 38 (27) | 24 (20) | 33 (31) | 52 (34) | |
| ACH | 21 (6) | 5 (4) | 4 (3) | 8 (7) | 17 (11) | |
| UPM | 9 (2) | 3 (2) | 8 (7) | 0 (0) | 5 (3) | |
| CCH | 29 (8) | 16 (11) | 6 (5) | 7 (6) | 8 (5) | |
| CHOP | 124 (33) | 39 (27) | 66 (54) | 17 (16) | 41 (27) | |
| Gender (%) | 0.55 | |||||
| Male | 194 (52) | 68 (48) | 64 (52) | 58 (54) | 85 (55) | |
| Female | 180 (48) | 74 (52) | 58 (47) | 50 (46) | 68 (44) | |
| *Missing | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| Age at diagnosis (Mean; range)* | 0.43 | |||||
| All | 11.6; 0.5 – 77 | 12.1; 0.5 – 69 | 11.3; 0.5–77 | 13.2; 1–69 | 14.6; 0.5–69 | |
| Children (n=317) | 7.3; 0.5 – 17 | 8.1; 0.5 – 17 | 7.0; 0.5–17 | 6.5; 1–17 | 7.2; 0.5–17 | |
| Adults (n=56) | 35.9; 18–77 | 35.9; 18 – 69 | 24.5; 18–77 | 46.6; 24–69 | 37.1; 18–69 | |
| Peak eosinophil counts, eos/hpf (Median; IQR)** | ||||||
| All | -- | 60 (32–100) |
Gastric: 50 (32–100) Duodenum: 50 (42–75) |
60 (45–85) | -- | |
| Race | 0.12 | |||||
| Native American | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | |
| Asian | 14 (4) | 6 (4) | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 5 (4) | |
| Black | 38 (10) | 17 (12) | 17 (14) | 4 (4) | 17 (12) | |
| White | 268 (71) | 97 (68) | 82 (67) | 89 (82) | 121 (84) | |
| Missing | 53 (14) | 22 (15) | 19 (15) | 10 (9) | 10 (6) | |
| Insurance Type | 0.02 | |||||
| Medicaid/care | 66 (18) | 27 (19) | 14 (11) | 30 (28) | 22 (14) | |
| Private | 263 (70) | 100 (70) | 95 (77) | 63 (58) | 113 (73) | |
| None | 6 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 5 (3) | |
| Missing | 34 (9) | 11 (8) | 10 (8) | 10 (9) | 13 (8) | |
*
Age data missing from 3 subjects. P-value considered significant if < 0.05.
**
Eosinophil counts were quantified fully for 105 EG, 36 EGE, and 80 EC subjects
Data shown as number (n) and % of specific population. Age data shown as mean and age range. EG: eosinophilic gastritis, EGE: eosinophilic gastroenteritis, EC: eosinophilic colitis, EGID: eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder; CHC: Children’s Hospital Colorado, UNC: University of North Carolina, ACH: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UPM: University of Pennsylvania, CCH: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, CHOP: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, IQR: Interquartile range