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. 2017 Dec 7;23(45):8053–8061. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i45.8053

Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects n (%)

Variables Control (n = 87)
FD (n = 104)
P value
Total (n = 87) Male (n = 38) Female (n = 49) Total (n = 104) Male (n = 39) Female (n = 65) Control vs FD Control1 FD1
Age (mean ± SD, yr) 54.9 ± 12.1 57.4 ± 12.1 52.9 ± 11.8 50.5 ± 11.3 49.6 ± 11.6 51.3 ± 11.1 0.010 0.084 0.536
Male 38 (43.7) 38 (100) 0 39 ( 37.5) 39 (100) 0 0.386 - -
BMI (mean ± SD, kg/m2) 23.1 ± 2.9 22.4 ± 2.9 22.9 ± 3.30 22.4 ± 3.0 23.3 ± 2.7 21.9 ± 3.4 0.140 0.482 0.039
H. pylori 58 (66.7) 23 (60.5) 35 (71.4) 60 (57.7) 21 (53.8) 39 (60.0) 0.204 0.360 0.547
AG antrum 33 (37.9) 15 (39.5) 18 (36.7) 28 (26.9) 9 (23.1) 19 (29.2) 0.104 0.794 0.493
AG body 13 (14.9) 5 (13.2) 8 (16.3) 11 (10.6) 4 (10.3) 7 (10.8) 0.365 0.681 0.999
IM antrum/body 22 (25.3) 12 (31.6) 10 (20.4) 18 (17.3) 6 (15.4) 12 (18.5) 0.177 0.234 0.688
Smoking 13 (14.9) 10 (26.3) 1 (2.0) 24 (23.1) 17 (43.6) 2 (3.1) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Alcohol 20 (23.0) 16 (42.1) 4 (8.2) 30 (28.8) 21 (53.8) 9 (13.8) 0.342 < 0.001 < 0.001
Gynecologic surgery2 - - 13/43 (30.2) - - 25/48 (52.1) 0.171 - -
Subtype in FD - - - - - - - - -
PDS - - - - 9 (23.1) 15 (23.1) - - 0.408
EPS - - - - 6 (15.4) 17 (26.2) - - -
Mixed - - - - 24 (61.5) 33 (50.8) - - -
1

Between males and females;

2

Hysterectomy, salpingooophorectomy or cesarean section were included. Only some patients responded to this question. AG: Atrophic gastritis; BMI: Body mass index; EPS: Epigastric pain syndrome; mixed, postprandial distress syndrome and epigastric pain syndrome; FD: Functional dyspepsia; IM: Intestinal metaplasia; PDS: Postprandial distress syndrome; SD: Standard deviation; -: not available.