Clinical Study
Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children from Western Saudi Arabia: Relative Frequency, Clinical, Pathological, Endoscopic, and Immunological Study
Table 1
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with eosinophilic esophagitis (
).
| | Median age, years (range) | 8.5 (1.5–18) | | Males, (%) | 13 (72.2) | | Symptoms, (%) | | | Dysphagia | 11 (61.1) | | Vomiting | 10 (55.6) | | Food impaction | 4 (22.2) | | Feeding aversion | 3 (16.7) | | Poor weight gain | 2 (11.1) | | History of atopy, (%) | 10 (55.6) | | First degree relatives with atopy, (%) | 9 (50) | | Growth parameters | | | Weight for age -score, mean ± SD (range) | 0.59 ± 1.5 (−2.3–2.9) | | Height for age -score, mean ± SD (range) | 0.13 ± 1.3 (−2.1–2.1) | | Allergic testing and evaluation | | Absolute eosinophil counts, mean ± SD
(range) | 0.48 ± 0.44 (0.05–1.8) | | Eosinophil percentage, mean ± SD (range) | 5.5 ± 3.8 (1–12.2) | | IgE level (IU/mL), mean ± SD (range) | 259.9 ± 530.4 (26–1848) | | Positive RAST-FX5, (%) | 10 (55.6) | Positive skin prick test for food allergens,
| 11 (61.1) | Positive skin prick test for aeroallergens,
(%) | 3 (16.7) |
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