Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Adolescents with Abdominal Pain: Comparison with EoE-Dysphagia and Functional Abdominal Pain

Table 4

Composite symptom score change, baseline versus follow-up.

	EoE-D	EoE-AP	FAP
Patients	64	63	61
Baseline score	156	129	152
Follow-up score	47	135	79
	Composite score improved	Score worsened	Score improved

Symptoms included the following: dysphagia, abdominal pain, nausea, regurgitation, and vomiting.
EoE-D: baseline mean score = 2.4; sd = 0.92. Follow-up mean score = 0.7; sd = 0.67.
Mean difference is −1.68, which is significant () by paired -test.
EoE-AP: baseline mean score = 2.0; sd = 0.8. Follow-up mean score = 2.1; sd = 1.08.
Mean difference is 0.10, which is not significant ( = 0.57) by paired -test.