Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of general population versus gastrointestinal patient groups
| Variables | GP (N = 1,107) |
Patients (N = 707) |
GERD patients (N = 98) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years*(mean ± SD) |
46 ± 16 | 48 ± 16 | 58 ± 12 |
| % Male* | 42 % | 39 % | 82 % |
| Race * | |||
| % White | 72 % | 56 % | 43 % |
| % Black | 12 % | 18 % | 31 % |
| % Latino | 11 % | 15 % | 21 % |
| Education * | |||
| % Less than high school |
4.5 % | 2.6 % | 3 % |
| % High school + | 60.5 % | 43 % | 65 % |
| % Advanced degree | 9.6 % | 20 % | 12 % |
| Marital status * | |||
| % Married | 46 % | 45 % | 30 % |
| % Divorced/separated | 20 % | 27 % | 46 % |
| Employment * | |||
| % Employed | 66 % | 54 % | 31 % |
| % Not working | 11.5 % | 9.5 % | 13 % |
| % Retired | 14 % | 17 % | 23 % |
| % Disabled | 8 % | 19 % | 33 % |
*
p < 0.05 for difference between patient and population sample