Eighty nine participants were screened and randomly enrolled
in the study groups (49 girls and 40 boys). Nine patients declined to
participate after the first visit due to usage of other type of PPIs (8
patients) and parents disagreement (one patient). Seventy nine
participants completed the study with a mean age of 67.66 (range:7e216) months with a median of 60 months (Fig. 1). The demographic
and baseline characteristics of the participants had Pvalues
> 0.2 between groups (Table 1).