Table 2.

Age, gender and H. pylori status as predictors of disease development

Predictor	Unadjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)	P value	Multivariate adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)	P value
Esophagitis versus normal
Male (vs. female)	1.35 (0.60–3.05)	0.46	1.82 (0.55–6.04)	0.32
Age (years)	0.98 (0.96–1.01)	0.30	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	0.15
H. pylori (present vs. absent)	0.08 (0.01–0.64)	0.01	0.06 (0.01–0.59)	0.01
Gastritis versus normal
Male (vs. female)	0.73 (0.39–1.38)	0.33	0.83 (0.40–1.71)	0.61
Age (years)	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	0.60	0.99 (0.97–1.01)	0.32
H. pylori (present vs. absent)	1.27 (0.61–2.66)	0.52	1.37 (0.64–2.95)	0.41
Esophagitis and gastritis versus normal
Male (vs. female)	0.99 (0.51–1.90)	0.97	1.08 (0.50–2.32)	0.83
Age (years)	0.98 (0.96–1.00)	0.09	0.97 (0.95–1.00)	0.06
H. pylori (present vs. absent)	1.0 (0.46–2.15)	1.0	1.11 (0.50–2.46)	0.80