Table 3

Change in symptom score (scale 0–3), between 0 and 24 months

	Omeprazole	Ranitidine	p Value^3-151
Study completed (n)	26	27
Heartburn	−1.08^3-150 (−1.65 to −0.51)	−0.67^3-150 (−1.10 to −0.23)	0.13
Regurgitation	−0.50^3-150 (−0.90 to −0.10)	−0.70^3-150 (−1.16 to −0.25)	0.48
Dysphagia	0.0 (−0.15 to +0.15)	−0.11 (−0.31 to +0.09)	0.30
Odynophagia	−0.19 (−0.43 to +0.05)	−0.11 (−0.31 to +0.09)	0.73

Results expressed as mean values (95% confidence interval), non-parametric.
↵3-150 Statistically significant according to Pitman.
↵3-151 Omeprazole v ranitidine; according to Yates and Cochran.