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Table 2 Demographic and baseline characteristics for all randomized patients who entered the 12-week treatment period

From: Psychometric validation of the Dysphagia Symptom Questionnaire in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis treated with budesonide oral suspension

Demographic variable

All patients

Age, years (n = 93)

 Mean ± SD

21.6 ± 7.7

 Median (min, max)

21.0 (9, 42)

≥18 years of age, n (%)

58 (62.4)

Male, n (%) (n = 93)

64 (68.8)

White, n (%) (n = 93)

88 (94.6)

Height, cm (n = 93)

 Mean ± SD

172.3 ± 11.5

 Median (min, max)

174.1 (134.1, 195.6)

Weight, kg (n = 93)

 Mean ± SD

70.1 ± 17.1

 Median (min, max)

(69.8, 117.1)

Time since diagnosis of EoE, monthsa (n = 87)

 Mean ± SD

37.6 ± 38.2

 Median (min, max)

26.3 (−0.1, 164.2)

Physician Global Assessment of disease activity (n = 93)

 Mean ± SD

58.3 ± 21.5

 Median (min, max)

62.0 (0, 94.0)

DSQ score (n = 92)

 Mean ± SD

29.8 ± 14.8

 Median (min, max)

28.0 (6.5, 61.1)

Peak eosinophil count (eos/hpf)

Placebo (n = 42)

BOS (n = 51)

 Mean ± SD

133.0 ± 81.6

157.8 ± 96.1

  1. BOS budesonide oral suspension, DSQ Dysphagia Symptom Questionnaire, EoE eosinophilic esophagitis, eos eosinophils, hpf high-power field, max maximum, min minimum, SD standard deviation
  2. aDefined as the number of days between the date of diagnosis and the screening visit date