Table 3.
The relationship between the prevalence of ETW and social factors and health
| Metrics | Percentage of subjects affected by ETW | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Comparison (χ2 test) |
18 | Comparison (χ2 test) |
35–44 | Comparison (χ2 test) |
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| Gender | Male | 333/1271 26.2% |
p = 0.0328 | 421/922 45.7% |
p = 0.0043 | 348/617 56.4% |
p = 0.2144 |
| Female | 309/1368 22.6% |
370/947 39.1% |
513/966 53.1% |
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| Place of residence | Urban | 365/1542 23.7% |
p = 0.3575 | 459/1033 44.4% |
p = 0.0429 | 480/887 54.1% |
p = 0.8389 |
| Rural | 277/1097 25.3% |
332/836 39.7% |
381/696 54.7% |
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| Educational level of the respondent or their mother’s (in the case of teenagers) | Primary | 223/886 25.2% |
p = 0.4739 | 316/747 42.3% |
p = 0.4102 | 67/109 61.5% |
p = 0.0497 |
| Secondary | 237/938 25.3% |
241/602 40.0% |
352/620 56.8% |
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| Higher | 126/556 22.7% |
194/440 44.1% |
442/854 51.8% |
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| Respondent sees themself as generally healthy | yes | 554/2192 25.3% |
p = 0.1191 | 666/1601 41.6% |
p = 0.4162 | 666/1255 53.1% |
p = 0.0388 |
| no | 83/385 21.6% |
97/218 44.5% |
195/328 59.5% |
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| Reflux | yes | 113/475 23.8% |
p = 0.6032 | 10/24 41.7% |
p = 0.9478 | 35/50 70.0% |
p = 0.0243 |
| no | 524/2102 24.9% |
781/1845 42.3% |
826/1533 53.9% |
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| Eating disorders | yes | 18/95 18.9% |
p = 0.1839 | 12/29 41.4% |
p = 0.9175 | 6/6 100% |
p = 0.0246 |
| no | 619/2482 24.9% |
779/1840 42.3% |
855/1577 54.2% |
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| Allergies | yes | 4/20 20.0% |
p = 0.6234 | 75/184 40.8% |
p = 0.6517 | 51/84 60.7% |
p = 0.2318 |
| no | 633/2557 24.8% |
716/1685 42.5% |
810/1499 54.0% |
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| Asthma | yes | 1/11 9.1% |
p = 0.2285 | 29/55 52.7% |
p = 0.1129 | 26/36 72.2% |
p = 0.0298 |
| no | 636/2566 24.8% |
762/1814 42.0% |
835/1547 54.0% |
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