TABLE 2.
Demographics and baseline patient characteristics
| Etiology of upper GI symptoms |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Diabetic (N = 63) |
Idiopathic (N = 179) |
Total (N = 242) |
P |
| Age (years) – mean (SD) | 45 (11) | 42 (13) | 43 (13) | .12 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 13 (21%) | 16 (9%) | 29 (12%) | .02 |
| Female | 50 (79%) | 163 (91%) | 213 (88%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 14 (22%) | 19 (11%) | 33 (14%) | .02 |
| Not Hispanic/Latino | 49 (78%) | 160 (89%) | 209 (86%) | |
| Race | ||||
| White | 54 (86%) | 161 (90%) | 215 (89%) | .05 |
| Black | 8 (13%) | 9 (5%) | 17 (7%) | |
| Asian | 0 (0%) | 3 (2%) | 3 (1%) | |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (<1%) | |
| More than one race | 0 (0%) | 6 (3%) | 6 (2%) | |
| BMI – mean (SD) | 31.0 (8.5) | 26.7 (7.6) | 27.8 (8.1) | <.001 |
| Gastric emptying | ||||
| Normal | 12 (19%) | 55 (31%) | 67 (28%) | .10 |
| Delayed | 51 (81%) | 124 (69%) | 175 (72%) | |
| Smoking history | ||||
| Current smoker | 7 (11%) | 25 (14%) | 32 (13%) | .67 |
| Ever smoker | 28 (44%) | 57 (32%) | 85 (35%) | .09 |
| State-trait anxiety | ||||
| Mod/severe state anxiety | 35 (56%) | 85 (47%) | 120 (47%) | .31 |
| Mod/severe trait anxiety | 36 (57%) | 86 (48%) | 122 (50%) | .24 |