24-hour esophageal pH-monitoring in children suspected of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Analysis of intraesophageal pH monitoring values recorded in distal and proximal channel at diagnosis

Table 4 Type of graphic recording of intraesophageal pH in 264 examined children suspected of GERD at diagnosis

Groups of examinedchildren	24-h intraesophageal pH-monitoring - preliminary study
	Pathological recording				Regular recording(physiological)
	Phasic		Non phasic		Phasic		Non phasic
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Group 11
Physiological GER	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	100
n = 32 (100.0%)
Group 2
Primary GER	-	-	76	100	-	-	-	-
n = 76 (100.0%)
Group 3
GER + CMA/FA	9	14.5	53	85.5	-	-	-	-
n = 62 (100.0%)
Group 4 reference group
	-	-	-	-	3	9.4	29	90.6
n = 32 (100.0%)
Group 51
GER (-) + CMA/FA (-)	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	100
n = 62 (100.0%)

¹Children excluded from further prospective clinical studies.