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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2016 Aug 10;61(11):3221–3228. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4266-3

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of All Subjects

Baseline Characteristic Data

Sex
Male 46% (95/205)
Female 54% (110/205)

Age (SD) 70 (11) years

Ethnicity
Caucasian 98.5% (202/205)
Non-Caucasian 1.5% (3/205)

Mean (SD) Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR)
Male 0.93 (0.09)
Female 0.86 (0.09)

GER Symptoms
Present 33% (68/205)
Absent 67% (137/205)

Ever Tobacco Use 38% (77/205)
Excess Alcohol Use 10% (21/205)

Excess Alcohol Consumption classified as greater than 2 alcohol beverages per day

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