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Tuesday Poster Session
Category: Esophagus
Eric E. Low, MD, MPH
University of California San Diego
Overall (N = 41) | Achalasia Type 1 | Achalasia Type 2 | Achalasia Type 3 | Normal | p-valuea | p-valueb | |
Age, mean (SD) | 57.3 (17.3) | 64 (21.1) | 49.6 (17.7) | 70.7 (10.3) | 58.8 (13.0) | 0.77 | 0.01 |
Male Gender, n (%) | 19 (46.3) | 1 (33.3) | 9 (45.0) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 0.47 | 0.56 |
BMI, mean (SD) | 26.6 (5.7) | 21.4 (3.0) | 26.2 (5.3) | 26.6 (3.4) | 29.3 (7.9) | 0.12 | 0.24 |
Opioid Exposure, n (%) | 5 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.0) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (22.2) | 0.30 | 0.43 |
Lower Esophageal Sphincter Thickness, mean (SD) | 1.6 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.4) | 1.9 (0.8) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.03 | 0.93 |
Distal Esophageal Thickness, mean (SD) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.2 (0.6) | 1.8 (1.4) | 2.3 (1.5) | 0.9 (0.4) | 0.05 | 0.43 |