Table 4.

Correlations of esophagitis severity with GERD symptoms and esophageal pH monitoring parameters (statistically significant correlations, where p < 0.05, are marked using *).

GERD Symptoms and Parameters from pH-metry	The Severity of Inflammatory Changes in the Esophagus–Gastroscopy Assessment
GERD symptoms—day	0.42 (p = 0.0172 *)
GERD symptoms—night	0.07 (p = 0.7034)
GERD symptoms—overall	0.33 (p = 0.0692)
De Meester index	0.38 (p = 0.0721)
De Meester index (post-meal)	0.40 (p = 0.0580)
GER episodes—recumbent	0.11 (p = 0.6258)
GER episodes 24 h	0.28 (p = 0.1994)
Mean pH—night	−0.01 (p = 0.9559)
Mean pH—24 h	−0.33 (p = 0.1234)
Esophageal clearance time	0.37 (p = 0.0858)
Esophageal clearance time—recumbent	0.42 (p = 0.0528)
Longest GER episode	0.38 (p = 0.0700)