Esophageal Involvement in Scleroderma: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Manometric Features

Table 3

Parameters linked with presence or not of EMDs.

Esophageal motor disorders
	Presence (𝑛=157)	Absence (𝑛=37)	𝑃
Mean age (years)	40.7 ± 13.5	39.4 ± 13.5	0.59
Male/female	18/139	6/31	0.6
Limited/diffuse form	125/32	33/4	0.17
Duration of the disease (years)	6.8 ± 7.2	6.2 ± 7.9	0.65
Esophageal symptoms	109 (69.4%)	9 (24.3%)	<0.001
Reflux esophagitis	70 (44.6%)	3 (8%)	<0.001