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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2020 Nov 28;66(11):3968–3975. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06726-0

Table 2.

Patient reported outcomes (PROs) separated by distensibility index (DI).

DI≤1 (Definitely low) DI 1.1–2.8 (Borderline low) DI>2.8 (Not low) Total p-value
Eckardt Score
  Sum Score, n=24 (mean, SD) 3.1 (1.6) 4.1 (2.0) 4.0 (2.6) 3.8 (2.0) 0.67
  Binary Score, n=24 (N abnormal, %) 5 (71.4%) 7 (70.0%) 4 (57.1%) 16 (66.7%) 0.87
BEDQ
  Frequency Sum Score, n=24 (mean, SD) 5.3 (2.2) 5.8 (2.1) 4.3 (4.2) 5.2 (2.8) 0.57
  Frequency Average Score, n=24 (mean, SD) 2.3 (1.4) 2.1 (1.2) 1.6 (1.5) 2.0 (1.3) 0.57
  Severity Sum Score, n=21 (mean, SD) 3.7 (2.3) 3.9 (3.1) 3.7 (3.9) 3.8 (3.0) 0.93
  Severity Average Score, n=21 (mean, SD) 1.7 (1.2) 1.7 (1.4) 1.7 (1.7) 1.7 (1.4) 0.96
RDQ
  Frequency Sum Score, n=22 (mean, SD) 2.2 (2.5) 2.5 (1.7) 7.0 (3.5) 3.6 (3.2) 0.03
  Frequency Average Score, n=24 (mean, SD) 0.9 (0.5) 1.6 (0.9) 3.4 (1.3) 1.9 (1.4) 0.01
  Severity Sum Score, n=22 (mean, SD) 1.7 (1.9) 2.8 (1.9) 6.2 (2.4) 3.4 (2.6) 0.01
  Severity Average Score, n=24 (mean, SD) 0.9 (0.7) 1.5 (0.8) 3.0 (1.1) 1.7 (1.2) 0.002

SD, Standard Deviation; BEDQ, Brief Esophageal Dysphagia Questionnaire; RDQ, Reflux Disease Questionnaire