Prolapse gastropathy syndrome may be a predictor of pathologic acid reflux

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and reflux parameters of patients in the PGS and the erosive esophagitis (EE) groups

	PGS group (n = 26)	EE group (n = 21)	P value
Age (yr)	41.5 ± 6.7	46.9 ± 11.7	0.08
Gender (male/female)	15/11	15/6	0.33
Mean recording time (h)	41.9 ± 5.9	40.9 ± 6.1	0.57
Number of reflux episodes	77.3 ± 46.4	98.2 ± 56.5	0.17
Number of long reflux episodes (> 5 min)	5.6 ± 4.0	8.5 ± 6.8	0.1
Duration of longest reflux episode (min)	19.6 ± 13.6	24.3 ± 15.7	0.28
Time at pH < 4 (min)	123.2 ± 93.6	173.7 ± 105.4	0.09
Total time of pH < 4 (%)	5.1 ± 4.5	6.9 ± 3.9	0.16
Erect time of pH < 4 (%)	5.6 ± 4.8	7.1 ± 4.2	0.08
Supine time of pH < 4 (%)	4.3 ± 3.2	5.0 ± 4.1	0.09
DeMeester score	15.9 ± 12.5	20.7 ± 10.8	0.17
Early detachment of Bravo wireless capsule	2 (7.7%)	0 (0%)	0.49