Table-I.
Association of GERD with Baseline Characteristics of studied Samples (n=2000).
| Baseline Characteristics | GERD | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative (n=1000) | Positive (n=1000) | |||||
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Gender | Male (n=842) | 272 | 32.34 | 569 | 67.7 | <0.01* |
| Female (n=1158) | 727 | 62.7 | 431 | 37.3 | ||
| Age | Mean, SD | 30.0 | 10.47 | 44.73 | 13.92 | <0.01** |
| Age group | ≤35 years (n=1111) | 804 | 72.4 | 307 | 27.6 | <0.01* |
| >35 Years (n=889) | 196 | 22.04 | 693 | 77.96 | ||
| Ethnicity | Punjabi | 181 | 18.1 | 118 | 11.8 | <0.01* |
| Sindhi | 160 | 16.0 | 171 | 17.1 | ||
| Pashto | 181 | 18.1 | 289 | 28.9 | ||
| Baluchi | 115 | 11.5 | 206 | 20.6 | ||
| Urdu | 363 | 36.3 | 216 | 21.6 | ||
| BMI | Mean, SD | 24.54 | 5.20 | 26.42 | 5.13 | <0.01** |
| BMI (kg/m2) | Normal (18.5-22.9) | 322 | 32.2 | 184 | 18.4 | <0.01* |
| Underweight (<18.5) | 65 | 6.5 | 22 | 2.2 | ||
| Overweight (23-26.9) | 320 | 32.0 | 431 | 43.1 | ||
| Obese (≥27) | 293 | 29.3 | 363 | 36.3 | ||
*
p<0.05 was considered significant using Pearson chi square test
**
Mean differences considered significant using Independent Sample t-test.