Table 2.

Associations between LPR symptoms and food intake, emotional eating and depressive symptoms (reflux symptom index (RSI) > 13).

	LPR Symptoms
	N	n (%)	χ2	P
Sweet and/or fatty foods			51.782	<0.001
<3 times/week	1169	73 (6.2%)
≥3 times/week	132	32 (24.2%)
Salty fatty foods			33.171	<0.001
<3 times/week	1215	84 (6.9%)
≥3 times/week	86	21 (24.4%)
Emotional eating			36.695	<0.001
No/Low EE	616	20 (3.2%)
High EE	685	85 (12.4%)
Depressive symptoms			72.133	<0.001
Yes	242	52 (21.5%)
No	1059	53 (5.0%)
Total	1301	105 (8.1%)

LPR symptoms: laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms; EE: emotional eating; Chi-squared test was performed to compare the groups.