Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the three groups of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease
| Variable | Normal weight (n = 102) | Overweight (n = 56) | Obese (n = 15) | P value | |||
| n (%) | mean ± SD | n (%) | mean ± SD | n (%) | mean ± SD | ||
| Age (yr) | 44.32 ± 15.14 | 50.77 ± 15.88 | 41.47 ± 12.24 | 0.4232 | |||
| Gender | 0.0011 | ||||||
| Male | 33 (32.4) | 41 (73.2) | 11 (73.3) | ||||
| Female | 69 (67.6) | 15 (26.8) | 4 (26.7) | ||||
| Symptom duration (mo) | 2.17 ± 3.16 | 2.64 ± 3.69 | 3.15 ± 4.30 | 0.4062 | |||
| NERD | 62 (60.8) | 20 (35.7) | 4 (26.7) | 0.0021 | |||
| EE | 40 (39.2) | 36 (64.3) | 11 (73.3) | ||||
| Hiatal hernia | 17 (16.7) | 19 (33.9) | 9 (60.0) | 0.0011 | |||
| ECJ ulcer | 7 (6.9) | 5 (8.9) | 2 (13.3) | 0.6661 | |||
1
Pearson’s Chi-square test;
2
Analysis of variance. ECJ: Esophagocardiac junction; EE: Erosive esophagitis; NERD: Non-erosive reflux disease.