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. 2013 Jul 24;13:194. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-194

Table 1.

Characteristics for the whole group and women with or without current and lifetime GORD

 
 All
 Current GORD-related symptoms*
 Lifetime GORD-related symptoms
 
  
 Yes
 No
 P value
 Yes
 No
 P value
  n = 1084 n = 114 n = 958   n = 151 n = 933  
Age at interview (yr)
 50.7(34.3, 65.9)
 68.6 (58.4, 77.4)
 48.1 (32.1, 63.7)
 <0.001
 66.1 (56.6,77.3)
 47.8 (31.5, 63.2)
 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2)*
 26.3 (23.4, 55.0)
 28.6 (25.0, 33.9)
 26.0 (23.2, 30.5)
 <0.001
 28.3 (24.5, 33.6)
 26.0 (23.3, 30.5)
 <0.001
Alcohol consumption (g/day)*
 2.9 (0.3, 12.0)
 0.8 (0.1, 11.0)
 3.1 (0.4, 12.2)
 0.18
 1.5 (0.0, 9.9)
 3.2 (0.4, 12.4)
 0.2
Smokers (current)*
 153 (14.1%)
 12 (10.5%)
 139 (14.5%)
 0.25
 16 (10.6%)
 137 (14.7%)
 0.18
Physically active*
 840 (77.6%)
 77 (67.5%)
 758 (79.3%)
 0.004
 98 (64.9%)
 742 (79.7%)
 <0.001
Socio-economic status
Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged)
 167 (15.4%)
 21 (18.4%)
 145 (15.1%)
 0.79
 27 (17.9%)
 140 (15.0%)
 0.85
Quintile 2
 232 (21.4%)
 25 (21.9%)
 206 (21.5%)
 32 (21.2%)
 200 (21.4%)
Quintile 3
 253 (23.3%)
 28 (24.6%)
 221 (23.1%)
 37 (24.5%)
 216 (23.2%)
Quintile 4
 211 (19.5%)
 18 (15.6%)
 188 (19.6%)
 26 (17.2%)
 185 (19.8%)
Quintile 5
 221 (20.4%)
 22 (19.3%)
 198 (20.7%)
 29 (19.2%)
 120 (20.6%)
Mood disorder (current)
 114 (10.6%)
 18 (15.8%)
 72 (7.5%)
 0.003
 -
 -
 -
Anxiety disorder (current)
 83 (7.7%)
 11 (9.7%)
 70 (7.3%)
 0.37
 -
 -
 -
Current symptomatology (GHQ >3)*
 161 (15.2%)
 27 (25%)
 129 (13.8%)
 0.002
 -
 -
 -
Mood disorder (lifetime)
 311 (28.7%)
 -
 -
 -
 47 (31.1%)
 264 (28.3%)
 0.48
Anxiety disorder (lifetime) 144 (13.3%) - - - 26 (17.2%) 118 (12.7%) 0.13

*Missing values: BMI n = 29, alcohol consumption n = 33, physically active n = 2, smokers n = 1, current GORD n = 12, GHQ n = 27.

Values are given as median (IQR) or n (%).