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. 2024 Mar 19;14:6594. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57101-2

Table 5.

Analysis of people with different states of anxiety based on 24-h pH monitoring results (rank mean, N = 518).

Variables No anxiety (0–7points, N = 266) Mild anxiety (8–10points, N = 89) Moderate to severe anxiety (11–21 points, N = 163) P
Number of refluxes (pH < 4) 206.79 271.80 338.81  < 0.001
% Time spent in reflux 205.03 276.23 339.25  < 0.001
Number of long refluxes (T ≥ 5 min) 214.19 289.90 316.90  < 0.001
DeMeester score 205.02 269.39 343.01  < 0.001
Oesophageal acid exposure  < 0.001
 Physiological reflux 210 (78.95%) 47 (52.81%) 42 (25.77%)
 Pathological reflux 56 (21.05%) 42 (47.19%) 121 (74.23%)
Diagnostic subgroup
 Physiologic reflux 204 (76.69%) 44 (49.44%) 27 (16.56%)  < 0.001
 NERD 35 (13.16%) 29 (32.58%) 94 (57.67%)
 RE 27 (10.15%) 16 (17.98%) 42 (25.77%)

The results of the Kruskal–Wallis test are expressed as rank averages; NERD non-erosive reflux disease, RE reflux esophagitis.