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Table 4 Comparison of laboratory findings between the eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EoGE) ulcer and the non-EoGE ulcer group

From: Eosinophilic gastroenteritis as a cause of non-Helicobacter pylori, non-gastrotoxic drug ulcers in children

Variable

Non-EoGE

(N = 236)

EoGE

(N = 19)

P value

WBC (×103/μl)

7.47 (3.2–29.7)

6.4 (4.2–10.3)

0.130

ANC (μl)

3710 (521–22,933)

3157 (1819-6874)

0.106

Eosinophil (%)

2.2 (0–13.4)

4.5 (1.3–22.5)

0.001

Hematocrit (%)

38.9 (18.8–58.3)

40 (22.3–45.9)

0.734

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

13.2 (6.2–20.3)

13.5 (7.5–15.3)

0.707

Platelet (×103/μl)

283 (10–579)

296 (135–577)

0.532

Protein (g/dL)

7.0 (4.2–9.0)

6.9 (6.3–7.7)

0.670

Albumin (g/dL)

4.4 (2.4–5.4)

4.4 (3.8–5.5)

0.683

Iron (μg/dL)

71 (9.0–208)

64.5 (12.0–199)

0.903

Ferritin (ng/ml)

37 (1.9–217)

44.0 (4–164)

0.848

TIBC (μg/dL)

365.5 (188–580)

265 (251–463)

0.997

ESR (mm/hr)

6 (2–79)

4 (2–21)

0.120

hsCRP (mg/dL)

0.14 (0–24.6)

0.02 (0–5.3)

0.059

  1. Data are expressed as median (range)
  2. ANC absolute neutrophil count, EoGE eosinophilic gastroenteritis, ESR erythrocyte segmentation rate, hsCRP highly sensitive C-reactive protein, TIBC total iron binding capacity, WBC white blood cell
  3. *P value less than 0.05 was set to be statistically significant