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. 2019 Jul-Sep;31(3):169–176. doi: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_48_18

Table 5.

Factors associated with erosive esophagitis on endoscopy using multivariate analysis stratified by gender

Male Female


Crude OR (95% CI) P Adjusted OR (95% CI) P Crude OR (95% CI) P Adjusted OR (95% CI) P
Age <65 0.98 (0.60-1.61) 0.940 1.10 (0.51-2.40) 0.802
BMI <25 0.89 (0.67-1.18) 0.417 0.39 (0.26-0.56) <0.001 0.42 (0.27-0.65) <0.001
Tea, yes 0.87 (0.64-1.17) 0.354 0.94 (0.66-1.35) 0.744 0.76 (0.53-1.08) 0.128 0.78 (0.50-1.21) 0.263
Heavy tea (>2/day), yes 0.88 (0.61-1.27) 0.495 0.89 (0.59-1.36) 0.594 1.04 (0.61-1.79) 0.883 1.05 (0.57-1.93) 0.869
Sugar with tea (≥4), yes 0.84 (0.43-1.64) 0.602 1.86 (0.76-4.53) 0.171
Coffee, yes 0.89 (0.67-1.20) 0.449 0.86 (0.61-1.22) 0.407 0.84 (0.58-1.20) 0.331 0.98 (0.63-1.52) 0.924
Heavy coffee (>2/day), yes 0.95 (0.60-1.49) 0.822 0.86 (0.52-1.43) 0.558 1.02 (0.55-1.86) 0.961 1.16 (0.60-2.26) 0.658
Milk with coffee (≥4), yes 1.13 (0.80-1.60) 0.486 0.67 (0.43-1.06) 0.086
Sugar with coffee (≥4), yes 1.00 (0.69-1.45) 0.986 0.85 (0.50-1.43) 0.537
Tea and coffee, yes 0.88 (0.66-1.16) 0.354 0.60 (0.42-0.87) 0.006
Smoking 1.51 (1.06-2.15) 0.021 1.43 (0.97-2.09) 0.070 0.43 (0.10-1.84) 0.253 0.62 (0.14-2.71) 0.527
Alcohol 1.10 (0.71-1.73) 0.664 1.61 (0.58-4.51) 0.361
Diabetes mellitus 0.89 (0.52-1.53) 0.672 1.74 (0.90-3.37) 0.098
Hypertension 1.00 (0.72-1.39) 0.996 1.92 (1.23-2.99) 0.004 1.27 (0.77-2.09) 0.356
Hyperlipidemia 1.51 (0.99-2.29) 0.057 1.42 (0.78-2.60) 0.254
Aspirin 0.44 (0.18-1.07) 0.070 3.28 (1.15-9.35) 0.026 3.79 (1.26-11.34) 0.017
NSAID 0.78 (0.41-1.49) 0.454 1.05 (0.45-2.42) 0.913
TG <150 0.64 (0.47-0.87) 0.004 0.72 (0.51-1.01) 0.059 0.62 (0.40-0.97) 0.038 0.85 (0.52-1.41) 0.531
Cholesterol <200 0.76 (0.57-1.01) 0.059 0.95 (0.66-1.37) 0.792
HDL ≥40 0.75 (0.57-0.99) 0.048 0.88 (0.64-1.21) 0.435 0.64 (0.38-1.05) 0.079
LDL <130 0.89 (0.67-1.18) 0.420 0.88 (0.61-1.28) 0.509
Glucose <100 1.10 (0.81-1.50) 0.528 1.16 (0.77-1.73) 0.480
HbA1C <6 0.74 (0.52-1.05) 0.096 0.73 (0.46-1.15) 0.178
Helicobacter pylori 0.44 (0.31-0.62) <0.001 0.47 (0.33-0.67) <0.001 0.64 (0.41-0.99) 0.048 0.67 (0.42-1.07) 0.092
Hiatus hernia 15.11 (6.65-34.34) <0.001 13.20 (5.75-30.32) <0.001 17.00 (6.13-47.20) <0.001 15.86 (5.54-45.40) <0.001

BMI: Body mass index, NSAID: Nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug, HDL: High-density lipoprotein, LDL: Low-density lipoprotein, HbA1C: Glycated hemoglobin, TG: Triglyceride, OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval