. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2008 Aug 27;102(9):1207–1211. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.048

Table 1.

Baseline demographics of Olmsted County patients based upon presence of any gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms

	GERD Symptoms
Variable	Yes (n=2577)	No (n=2706)	p value
Age (years)	51 ± 17	55 ± 18	0.0001
Men	1316 (51%)	1253 (46%)	0.0006
Hypertension	592 (23%)	649 (24%)	0.399
Diabetes Mellitus	200 (8%)	238 (9%)	0.178
Dyslipidemia	478 (19%)	454 (17%)	0.097
Coronary artery disease	217 (8%)	239 (9%)	0.596
Prior myocardial infarction	133 (5%)	155 (6%)	0.396
Congestive heart failure	49 (2%)	84 (3%)	0.006
Prior atrial fibrillation	69 (3%)	113 (4%)	0.003