Table II.

Demographic characteristics of the control group and patients with reflux symptoms included in the study

Parameters	Control (n = 60)	Reflux group (n = 60)	P-value
Age	39.73 ±12.28	44.65 ±15.54	NS
Gender, n (%):
Female	33 (45.0)	40 (66.7)	NS
Education, n (%):
Middle	26 (43.3)	46 (76.7)	0.001
Higher	34 (56)	14 (23.3)	0.001
GA, n (%):
Present	9 (15)	30 (50)	0.001
GA localizations, n (%):
Upper oesophagus	4	14 (46.7)	NS
Lower oesophagus	5	16 (53.3)	NS
Esophagitis, n (%):
Present	2 (3.3)	33 (55)

GA – glycogenic acanthosis, NS – not significant, p < 0.05.