Table 2.
Demographic characterization of 124 patients in three clinical outcome groups based on social status and habits
| Demographic | NUD n = 91 |
PUD n = 22 |
GC n = 11 |
Total n = 124 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD | 44 ± 16 | 47 ± 17 | 59 ± 20 | 46 ± 17 | 0.02 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 41 (45%) | 11 (50%) | 7 (64%) | 59 (48%) | 0.49 |
| Female | 50 (55%) | 11 (50%) | 4 (36%) | 65 (52%) | |
| Education | |||||
| High school diploma or below | 76 (84%) | 18 (82%) | 10 (91%) | 104 (84%) | 0.78 |
| College or higher | 15 (16%) | 4 (18%) | 1 (9%) | 20 (16%) | |
| Income (Rial) | |||||
| <5 000 000 | 36 (40%) | 11 (50%) | 4 (36%) | 51 (41%) | 0.85 |
| 5 000 000–10 000 000 | 51 (56%) | 10 (46%) | 6 (55%) | 67 (54%) | |
| 10 000 000< | 4 (4%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (9%) | 6 (5%) | |
| Smoking+ | 8 (9%) | 3 (13%) | 1 (9%) | 12 (10%) | 0.79 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Other | 15 (16%) | 7 (32%) | 3 (27%) | 25 (20%) | 0.53 |
| Home duties | 35 (39%) | 7 (32%) | 3 (27%) | 45 (36%) | |
| Service and business | 41 (45%) | 8 (36%) | 5 (46%) | 54 (44%) | |
P value is calculated by comparing Age, Sex, Education, Income, Smoking and Occupation in three clinical groups (NUD, PUD and GC).
GC, gastric carcinoma; NUD, non-ulcer dyspepsia; PUD, peptic ulcer disease.