Table 1.

General information of the globus group and the control group (Mean±SD).

	Globus group (n = 33)	Control group (n = 80)	t	p
Age	45.10 ± 17.83	41.8 ± 14.90	1.41	0.16
BMI (kg/m2)	23.21 ± 1.82	22.63 ± 2.04	1.78	0.08
RSI	2.97 ± 0.64	0.00 ± 0.00	42.27	0.00
RFS	0.67 ± 1.05	0.54 ± 0.84	1.17	0.25
Gender			0.54 (χ2)	0.46
Male	19	40
Female	14	40

BMI: body mass index; RSI: reflux symptom index; RFS: reflux findings scores.