Table 3 . Prevalence of dyspepsia in relation to lifestyle of subjects in Shiraz, southern Iran (n=1978).

Life style		Dyspepsia [no. (%)]		P -value
		No	Yes
Pickle	No	355 (65.3%)	189 (34.7%)	0.004
	Yes	1031 (71.9%)	403 (28.1%)
Salt	No	984 (69.9%)	424 (30.1%)	0.778
	Yes	402 (70.5%)	168 (29.5%)
Fried food	No	91 (70.5%)	38 (29.5%)	0.904
	Yes	1295 (70.0%)	554 (30.0%)
Fast food	No	1033 (70.4%)	434 (29.6%)	0.570
	Yes	353 (69.1%)	158 (30.9%)
Fiber (Fruit and vegetables)	No	58 (60.4%)	38 (39.6%)	0.034
	Yes	1328 (70.6%)	554 (29.4%)
Cigarette	No	1243 (70.1)	531 (29.9%)	0.991
	Yes	143 (70.1)	61 (29.9%)
Water pipe	No	1212 (71.3%)	488 (28.7%)	0.003
	Yes	174 (62.6%)	104 (37.4%)
Tea	No	545 (69.1%)	244 (30.9%)	0.431
	Yes	841 (70.7%)	348 (29.3%)
Coffee	No	1368 (70.3%)	579 (29.7%)	0.141
	Yes	18 (58.1%)	13 (41.9%)
Spirit with meal	No	701 (70.6%)	292 (29.4%)	0.610
	Yes	685 (69.5%)	300 (30.5%)
Water with meal	No	445 (69.7%)	193 (30.3%)	0.829
	Yes	941 (70.2%)	399 (29.8%)
Alcohol	No	46 (74.2%)	16 (25.8%)	0.465
	Yes	1336 (69.9%)	576 (30.1%)
Feeding duration (min)	<10	414 (67.1%)	203 (32.9%)	0.004
	10-20	671(69.5%)	294 (30.5%)
	>20	262 (76.6%)	80 (23.4%)
Physical activity	No	885 (70.5%)	370 (29.5%)	0.567
	Yes	501 (69.3%)	222 (30.7%)
Aspirin	No	1235 (70.5%)	535 (29.5%)	0.245
	Yes	133 (66.5%)	67 (33.5%)
NSAIDs	No	1055 (72.4%)	402 (27.6%)	0.001
	Yes	331 (63.5%)	190 (36.5%)