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Table 3 Patients with normal EPM findings (control group) as divided by ethnicity

From: Ethnicity and gender related differences in extended intraesophageal pH monitoring parameters in infants: a retrospective study

 

Caucasians

African Americans

p

Number of patients

101

265

 

Mean age (months) ± SE

3.73 ± 0.26

3.91 ± 0.16

0.56

Mean reflux index % ± SE

2.38 ± 0.50

2.12 ± 0.31

0.65

Mean number of reflux episodes ± SE

54.39 ± 5.30

44.6 ± 3.27

0.12

Mean number of reflux episodes >5 minutes ± SE

0.78 ± 0.22

0.61 ± 0.14

0.52

  1. SE: standard error
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