Table 3: Reduction in degree of each symptom related to categorised percent reduction in the sum degree of GERD symptoms.
| Percent reduction in the sum degree of GERD symptoms |
| GERD symptoms | >75% | 50 – 75% | 25 – 50% | <25% | P-values |
| Acid taste in mouth | 5.9 (4.9 – 6.9) | 4.1 (3.1 – 5.1) | 1.8 (02 – 3.5) | 0.4 (-1.4 – 2.2) | <0.001 |
| Heartburn | 5.4 (4.3 – 6.5) | 4.2 (3.2 – 5.3) | 3.2 (1.4 – 5.0) | -0.6 (-2.6 – 1.4) | <0.001 |
| Epigastric pain | 4.2 (2.8 – 5.6) | 2.9 (1.6 – 4.3) | 2.0 (0.3 – 4.3) | -1.2 (3.7 – 1.3) | <0.001 |
| Chest pain | 2.5 (1.3 – 3.7) | 2.3 (1.1 – 3.5) | 1.3 (07 – 3.4) | 0.0 (-2.2 – 2.2) | 0.005 |
| Lower thoracic pain | 2.9 (1.8 – 3.9) | 1.6 (0.6 – 2.7) | 0.3 (-1.4 – 2.1) | -0.8 (-2.7 – 1.1) | <0.001 |