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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Feb;115(2):224–233. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000474

Table 2.

Comparison of mast cell and eosinophil density by endoscopic appearance in patients with inactive EoE

Cell/hpf (mean ± SD) Normal (N = 47) Abnormal (N = 46) Pa
Mast cell 13.3 ± 10 20 ± 11.5 0.001
Degranulated mast cell 5 ± 3.8 8.4 ± 6.2 0.002
Eosinophil 2.5 ± 3.1 4.3 ± 4.4 0.067

EoE, eosinophilic esophagitis.

a

Comparison with the Mann-Whitney test.