Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of inflammation controls and nondysplastic BE cases

Variables	Inflammation controls (n=313)	Nondysplastic BE cases (n=285)	p-valuea
Mean age (SDb), y	53.5 (12.7)	58.2 (11.9)	<.001
Sex, n (%)
Men	147 (47.0)	181 (63.5)
Women	166 (53.0)	104 (36.5)	<.001
Ethnicity, n (%)
Caucasian	304 (97.1)	274 (96.1)
Other	9 (2.9)	11 (3.9)	.50

BE, Barrett’s esophagus.

^ap-value from the two-sided χ² test (categorical variables) and t-test (continuous variables).

^bSD, standard deviation.