Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of GERD group and non-GERD group.
| Demographics parameters | GERD (n = 124) |
Non-GERD (n = 651) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female patients, n (%) | 75 (60.5%) | 346 (53.1%) | 0.080 |
| Age (mean ± SD), years | 62.70 ± 14.01 | 65.33 ± 13.62 | 0.051 |
| Duration of diabetes, years | 10.60 ± 8.31 | 11.40 ± 7.76 | 0.205 |
| Height (mean ± SD), cm | 163.05 ± 8.10 | 164.31 ± 8.51 | 0.129 |
| Weight (mean ± SD), kg | 64.32 ± 12.62 | 66.10 ± 11.92 | 0.130 |
| BMI (mean ± SD), kg/m2 | 24.09 ± 3.68 | 24.39 ± 3.84 | 0.417 |
| WC (mean ± SD), cm | 91.08 ± 10.44 | 89.91 ± 10.88 | 0.267 |
| HC (mean ± SD), cm | 94.40 ± 8.76 | 93.70 ± 8.93 | 0.432 |
| WHR (mean ± SD) | 0.96 ± 0.09 | 0.97 ± 0.08 | 0.104 |
BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; P < 0.05 was selected as a significant level.