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Table 1 Patients with normal EPM findings (control group) as divided by gender

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

 

Males

Females

p value

Number of patients

219

169

 

Mean age (months) ± SD

3.81 ± 2.58

3.85 ± 2.47

0.90

Mean reflux index % ± SD

2.11 ± 1.51

2.20 ± 1.52

0.57

Mean number of reflux episodes ± SD

45.72 ± 37.04

46.84 ± 36.80

0.77

Mean number of reflux episodes >5 minutes

0.62 ± 0.93

0.66 ± 0.96

0.67

  1. SD: standard deviation
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