Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Reflux Esophagitis (Absent) |
Reflux Esophagitis (Present) |
Sig. (p-value) | GERD Symptoms (Absent) |
GERD Symptoms (Present) |
Sig. (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 40.5±10.0 | 40.7±10.6 | 0.609 | 40.5±10.2 | 40.4±9.8 | 0.836 |
| Gender | 0.411 | 0.621 | ||||
| Men | 37 (40.2) | 71 (58.9) | 49 (51.5) | 59 (64.1) | ||
| Women | 57 (39.8) | 32 (31.1) | 56 (38.5) | 33 (35.9) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.3±5.1 | 21.0±7.6 | 0.260 | 22.2±5.7 | 21.3±5.9 | 0.142 |
| WC (cm) | 75.1±9.2 | 75.8±9.2 | 0.467 | 75.5±9.3 | 74.4±8.8 | 0.174 |
Note: Mean±SD. Sample size, N (%). GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.