Table 2.
Number and composition ratio of lifestyle habit factors by group.
| Lifestyle factors | GERD |
Non-GERD |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Composition ratio, % | n | Composition ratio, % | |
| Fast eating | 663 | 79.7 | 244 | 35.6 |
| Eating beyond fullness | 568 | 68.3 | 190 | 27.7 |
| Preference for spicy foods | 509 | 61.2 | 28 | 42.0 |
| Preference for soup | 437 | 52.5 | 312 | 45.5 |
| Preference for sweets | 435 | 52.3 | 270 | 39.4 |
| Chronic stress | 431 | 51.8 | 280 | 40.8 |
| Preference for high-fat foods | 418 | 50.2 | 170 | 24.8 |
| Eating too-hot food | 371 | 44.6 | 148 | 21.6 |
| Sleep difficulty | 334 | 40.1 | 218 | 31.8 |
| Lying down soon after eating | 316 | 38.0 | 144 | 21.0 |
| Preference for hard foods | 294 | 35.3 | 112 | 16.3 |
| Smoking | 289 | 34.7 | 122 | 17.8 |
| Preferring spicy food | 287 | 34.5 | 124 | 18.1 |
| Drinking alcohol | 235 | 28.2 | 98 | 14.3 |
| Drinking strong tea | 232 | 27.9 | 82 | 12.0 |
| Eating just before bedtime | 209 | 25.1 | 132 | 19.2 |
| Difficulty with defecation | 170 | 20.4 | 92 | 13.4 |
| Wearing girdles or corsets | 156 | 18.8 | 40 | 5.8 |
| Drinking coffee | 113 | 13.6 | 36 | 5.2 |
GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.