Ineffective oesophageal motility: Manometric subsets exhibit different symptom profiles

Table 1 Gender, age, time since onset of symptom, and proportion of total abnormal swallows in IOM patients according to the predominant oesophageal symptom¹

	Gender (F:M)	Median age [yr (range)]	Median time since symptom onset (yr)	Total abnormal swallows (mean ± SD)(%)
Heartburn	37:16	57 (26-82)	6.7	69 ± 22
Dysphagia	28:8	63 (19-86)	2.5	68 ± 22
Chest pain	8:1	59 (31-76)	6.1	61 ± 25

¹Two male patients reported “other” predominant symptoms (hiccoughs, halitosis).