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Table 9 Demographics and confounding treatments

From: Proceedings of the Canadian society of allergy and clinical immunology annual scientific meeting 2015

Parameter

Value

N

16

# Male

8/16

Average age at diet initiation, years (range)

43.75 (2–65)

Average # foods eliminated (range)

1.7 (1–3)

Average # days to post-diet biopsy

192

Positive APT

15/16

Positive SPT

5/16

Corticosteroid usea, b

8/16

PPI usea

12/16

  1. a Considered to use if any prescriptions after EoE diagnosis
  2. b Only 1/4 of patients prescribed swallowed corticosteroids had used them in the month before the post-diet biopsy