Table 3.

Baseline demographics of Olmsted County patients based upon presence of the diagnosis of esophagitis.

	Esophagitis
Variable	Yes (n=173)	No (n=5115)	p value
Age (years)	64 ± 14	53 ±17	<0.0001
Men	103 (60%)	2468 (48%)	0.0035
Hypertension	75 (43%)	1168 (23%)	<0.0001
Diabetes Mellitus	26 (15%)	412 (8%)	0.0011
Dyslipidemia	56 (32%)	876 (17%)	<0.0001
Coronary artery disease	42 (24%)	414 (8%)	<0.0001
Prior myocardial infarction	28 (16%)	260 (5%)	<0.0001
Congestive heart failure	7 (4%)	126 (2%)	0.191
Renal failure	3 (2%)	38 (1%)	0.144
Prior atrial fibrillation	14 (8%)	168 (3%)	0.0006