Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristics | All patients (N = 8,356) |
|---|---|
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | 49.1 ± 11.6 |
| Male (n, %) | 4,670 (55.9) |
| Height (cm, mean ± SD) | 166.5 ± 8.5 |
| Weight (kg, mean ± SD) | 66.5 ± 12.8 |
| BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 23.9 ± 3.3 |
| Obesity (n, %) | 2,839 (34.0) |
| SMI (%, mean ± SD) | |
| Male | 32.2 ± 2.7 |
| Female | 28.7 ± 3.0 |
| Current smoker (n, %) | 1,479 (17.1) |
| Alcohol history (n, %) | 5,593 (66.9) |
| DM (n, %) | 940 (11.2) |
| Dyslipidemia (n, %) | 1,192 (14.3) |
| Hypertension (n, %) | 1,563 (18.7) |
| Sarcopenia (n, %) | 1,270 (15.2) |
| Male | 878/4,670 (18.8) |
| Female | 392/3,686 (10.6) |
| Sarcopenic obesity (n, %) | 1,129 (13.5) |
| Male | 810/4,670 (17.3) |
| Female | 319/3,686 (8.7) |
| Diet, salty and/or spicy (n, %) | 3,398 (40.7) |
| H. pylori infection (n, %) | 1,217 (14.6) |
| Gastric cancer (n, %) | 12 (0.14) |
| Gastric precancerous conditions (n, %) | 3,622 (43.3) |
| Atrophic gastritis (n, %) | 2,205 (26.4) |
| Intestinal metaplasia (n, %) | 1,407 (16.8) |
| Dysplasia (n, %) | 10 (0.12) |
BMI, body mass index; SMI, skeletal muscle index; DM, diabetes mellitus; H. pylori, Helicobacter pylori.