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Lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations related to episodes of acid reflux were common in control subjects (67% of episodes) but became more difficult to detect as the grade of oesophagitis increased (grade 0\/1 - 67%, grade 2\/3 - 35%, grade 4 - 13%). A variety of events that produced recognisable transdiaphragmatic pressure patterns were associated with acid reflux episodes. In control subjects 74% of acid reflux episodes were precipitated by belching but this mechanism became less evident as the grade of oesophagitis increased (grade 0\/1 - 43%, grade 2\/3 - 40%, grade 4 - 29%). Activities that produced a pressure gradient across the diaphragm became increasingly important as events precipitating acid reflux as oesophagitis became more severe (controls--2%, grade 0\/1 - 15%, grade 2\/3 - 11%, grade 4 - 22%). 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