Higher educational level in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis: a comparative analysis

Roth, René; Safroneeva, Ekaterina; Saner Zilian, Catherine; Schreiner, Philipp; Rossel, Jean-Benoit; Bopp, Matthias; Greuter, Thomas; Scharl, Michael; Pittet, Valérie; Rogler, Gerhard; Schoepfer, Alain; Straumann, Alex; Biedermann, Luc

doi:10.1093/dote/doab010

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Roth, R., Safroneeva, E., Saner Zilian, C., Schreiner, P., Rossel, J.-B., Bopp, M., Greuter, T., Scharl, M., Pittet, V., Rogler, G., Schoepfer, A., Straumann, A., & Biedermann, L. (2021). Higher educational level in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis: a comparative analysis. Diseases of the Esophagus, 34(9), doab010. https://doi.org/10.1093/dote/doab010

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disease with a high prevalence in younger, atopic males. In our clinical practice, we observed a striking preponderance of patients having a high educational background. The purposes of this study were first to assess the level of education of eosinophilic esophagitis patients and second to compare the findings to patients with inflammatory bowel disease, another chronic immune-mediated condition of the gastrointestinal tract, and with the Swiss general po