The Effectiveness of Synbiotic on the Improvement of Clinical Symptoms in Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Table 2

Comparison of frequency score pre- and postintervention between groups.

		Case ()	Control ()	value
		Frequency score (%)	Frequency score (%)
Chest pain	Before	5 (26.3)	14 (73.7)	0.041
	After	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.400
	value	0.125	0.001
Nausea	Before	7 (36.8)	12 (63.2)	0.643
	After	1 (10.0)	9 (90.0)	0.024
	value	0.031	0.250
Vomiting	Before	5 (33.3)	10 (66.7)	0.456
	After	0 (0.0)	3 (100.0)	0.255
	value	0.063	0.016
Stomach ache	Before	5 (45.5)	6 (54.5)	0.280
	After	3 (33.3)	6 (66.7)	0.704
	value	0.500	0.999
Poor appetite	Before	11 (50.0)	11 (50.0)	0.064
	After	1 (11.1)	8 (88.9)	0.042
	value	0.002	0.250
Dysphagia	Before	5 (55.6)	4 (44.4)	0.255
	After	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	—
	value	0.063	0.125
Reflux	Before	1 (16.7)	5 (83.3)	0.255
	After	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	—
	value	0.999	0.063
Sore throat	Before	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.400
	After	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	—
	value	0.999	—
Need to drink fluids	Before	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	0.317
	After	2 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.152
	value	0.999	0.999

Resulted from the comparison of between-group (case-control) by chi square. Result from the comparison of within-group (before-after) by Mcnemar test.