. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.

Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2014 Nov 6;27(2):212–219. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12467

Table 3.

Association of other gastrointestinal symptoms with dysphagia among Olmsted County, Minnesota residents (OR^*, 95% CI)

	Frequent dysphagia vs. None^*	Infrequent dysphagia vs. None^*	Any dysphagia vs. None^*
Abdominal pain⁺	1.9 (1.3, 2.8)	1.7 (1.4, 2.0)	1.7 (1.5, 2.0)
Frequent pain ⁺	3.2 (2.2, 4.8)	1.5 (1.2, 1.9)	1.7 (1.3, 2.1)
Frequent heartburn ⁺	5.9 (4.0, 8.6)	1.5 (1.1, 1.9)	1.9 (1.5, 2.5)
Acid regurgitation ⁺	10.6 (6.8,16.6)	2.1 (1.5, 3.1)	3.1 (2.2, 4.3)
Chest discomfort/pain ⁺	9.9 (6.4,15.2)	1.4 (0.9, 2.0)	2.3 (1.7, 3.2)
Unfinished regular sized meal ⁺	4.7 (2.9, 7.6)	1.5 (1.1, 2.2)	2.0 (1.4, 2.7)
Postprandial fullness ⁺	7.2 (4.8, 10.8)	2.0 (1.5, 2.6)	2.6 (2.0, 3.3)
Epigastric burning ⁺	6.2 (3.8, 10.1)	1.4 (0.9, 2.0)	2.0 (1.4, 2.8)
Nausea ⁺	3.9 (2.1, 7.1)	1.1 (0.6, 1.8)	1.5 (1.0, 2.4)
Vomiting ⁺	7.5 (2.4, 23.8)	2.6 (0.9, 7.4)	3.5 (1.3, 9.3)
Bloating ⁺	3.0 (2.0, 4.6)	1.4 (1.1, 1.9)	1.6 (1.2, 2.1)
Infrequent BM ⁺⁺	1.3 (0.9, 1.9)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
Fecal incontinence ⁺	2.0 (0.98, 4.2)	1.5 (0.9, 2.4)	1.6 (1.4, 2.5)
Constipation⁺⁺	0.5 (0.3, 0.9)	0.9 (0.7, 1.1)	0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

Odd ratios adjusted for age, gender and SSC score, (95% confidence interval);

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at least weekly;

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≥ sometimes