Table 1

Endoscopic degree of inflammation

Grade 0Grade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4p Value
The revised Savary-Miller classification was used to determine the degree of endoscopic inflammation. Neither a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) (χ2) nor segment length (ANOVA) significantly affected the degree of endoscopic inflammation.
No of patients296744
PPI1843210.59
Segment length (cm) 6.6 (0.51)6.0 (0.63)6.14 (0.46)5.5 (1.23)9.3 (2.18)0.25