Crude endoscopic healing rates for erosive reflux disease (ERD) patients at four and eight weeks (patients with missing healing data are included as “unhealed”)
| 4 weeks | 8 weeks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % Healed | n | % Healed | |
| Hp, Helicobacter pylori; BO, Barrett’s oesophagus. | ||||
| ***p<0.0001, χ2 test. | ||||
| All patients | 2221/3245 | 68.4 | 2515/3245 | 77.5 |
| LA class A/B | 1872/2634 | 71.1 | 2088/2634 | 79.3*** |
| LA class C/D | 349/611 | 57.1 | 427/611 | 69.9 |
| Hp positive | 548/761 | 72.0 | 603/761 | 79.2 NS |
| Hp negative | 1645/2427 | 67.8 | 1877/2427 | 77.3 |
| With BO | 232/453 | 51.2 | 302/453 | 66.7*** |
| Without BO | 1989/2792 | 71.2 | 2213/2792 | 79.3 |