Relation of cardia to distance from histological squamocolumnar junction (Z-line)
| 1–2 cm below Z-line (n=30) | Z-line | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columnar mucosa alone (n=19) | Squamous + columnar mucosa (n=29) | p Value | ||||
| Positive carditis score (% patients) | 14 | 56 | 96 | <0.05 | ||
| Neutrophils within carditis (% patients) | 16 | 31 | 63 | <0.05 | ||
| Columnar “blues” (% patients) | 4 | 13 | 37 | <0.05 | ||
| Goblet cells (% patients) | 4 | 17 | 33 | <0.05 | ||