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. 2016 Nov 15;6(11):e013106. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013106

Table 1.

Comparisons of clinical variables between participants with and without EO by gender

M (n=7110)
F (n=4842)
Clinical variables EO (n=1438) non-EO (n=5739) p Value EO (n=484) non-EO (n=4429) p Value
Age (years) 49.5±11.9 48.4±13.0 0.002 49.4±13.0 49.0±13.1 0.452
BMI (kg/m2) 25.6±3.3 24.9±3.2 <0.001 23.9±3.9 23.3±3.7 0.004
General obesity 398 (27.9) 1325 (23.3) <0.001 91 (19.1) 637 (14.6) 0.009
Waist circumference (cm) 89.5±8.7 87.6±8.7 <0.001 78.3±9.7 77.0±9.3 0.005
Central obesity 660 (46.3) 2222 (39.1) <0.001 182 (38.2) 1474 (33.8) 0.055
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 123.2±16.6 122.0±15.9 0.014 115.2±19.4 113.7±17.9 0.100
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 73.8±10.5 73.8±10.1 0.858 66.2±10.5 65.8±10.1 0.347
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) 5.41±1.63 5.36±1.49 0.264 5.18±1.50 5.16±1.30 0.726
2-hour postload glucose (mmol/L) 7.32±3.19 6.96±3.11 <0.001 6.86±2.74 6.72±2.77 0.315
Glycated haemoglobin (%) 5.92±1.14 5.81±1.01 0.002 5.78±0.95 5.74±0.91 0.350
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L) 27.2±17.7 26.7±14.0 0.232 23.2±10.1 23.1±11.0 0.895
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) 35.8±24.4 34.8±25.3 0.161 23.6±15.4 23.1±17.7 0.659
Creatinine (µmol/L) 88.8±51.6 88.8±40.0 1.000 64.5±23.0 63.6±17.7 0.345
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 95.9±26.1 94.2±26.0 0.035 105.5±31.1 104.0±28.4 0.310
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.15±0.95 5.14±0.97 0.893 5.13±0.99 5.14±0.99 0.858
Triglyceride (mmol/L) 1.82±1.23 1.72±1.22 0.003 1.28±0.91 1.24±0.78 0.303
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.12±0.29 1.16±0.30 <0.001 1.42±0.38 1.43±0.36 0.558
Hypertriglyceridaemia (≥1.69 mmol/L) 631 (44.2) 2093 (36.8) <0.001 97 (20.3) 792 (18.1) 0.241
Low HDL-C (F<1.29, M<1.03 mmol/L) 609 (42.7) 2027 (35.7) <0.001 188 (39.4) 1648 (37.8) 0.497
Diabetes mellitus 251 (17.6) 838 (14.7) 0.008 69 (14.5) 546 (12.5) 0.223
Hypertension 320 (22.4) 1241 (21.8) 0.632 95 (19.9) 725 (16.6) 0.068
Metabolic syndrome 421 (29.5) 1273 (22.4) <0.001 99 (20.8) 734 (16.8) 0.030
NAFLD 405 (28.4) 1434 (25.2) 0.015 173 (36.3) 1184 (27.1) <0.001
Hiatal hernia 209 (14.6) 48 (0.8) <0.001 65 (13.6) 10 (0.2) <0.001
Alcohol consumption 11 (0.8) 37 (0.7) 0.621
Tea drinking 555 (38.9) 2002 (35.2) 0.010 121 (25.4) 1187 (27.2) 0.394
Smoking 268 (18.8) 918 (16.2) 0.017 9 (1.9) 85 (1.9) 0.928
Habitual exercise 155 (10.9) 504 (8.9) 0.020 26 (5.5) 245 (5.6) 0.884

Data are shown as the mean±SD or number (%).

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; EO, erosive oesophagitis; F, female; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; M, male; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.