Table 4.
Interaction between body mass index (BMI) and dietary fat intake in subjects with and without frequent gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) symptoms
| Frequent GORD symptoms | No GORD symptoms | p Value | |||||
| No | Mean | SD | No | Mean | SD | ||
| Total fat | |||||||
| BMI<25 | 26 | 66.5 | 29.3 | 115 | 63.0 | 31.8 | 0.607 |
| BMI⩾25 | 77 | 81.0 | 42.0 | 153 | 72.5 | 37.8 | 0.125 |
| Saturated fat | |||||||
| BMI<25 | 26 | 19.6 | 9.6 | 115 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 0.436 |
| BMI⩾25 | 77 | 24.4 | 13.07 | 153 | 21.3 | 11.6 | 0.062 |
| Cholesterol | |||||||
| BMI<25 | 26 | 168.0 | 72.3 | 115 | 185.6 | 130.3 | 0.508 |
| BMI⩾25 | 77 | 252.4 | 141.3 | 153 | 210.1 | 119.7 | 0.018 |
| Fat servings | |||||||
| BMI<25 | 26 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 115 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.374 |
| BMI⩾25 | 77 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 153 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.029 |
Frequent GORD symptoms implies at least weekly heartburn or acid regurgitation.