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Table 2.

Univariate analyses

Variable	Patients with Barrett’s esophagus n (%)	Patients without Barrett’s esophagus n (%)	Univariate analysis (P value)
Male gender	58 (54.21%)	369 (37.50%)	<0.01^†
Age (mean ± SD)	57.74 ± 10	53.06 ± 12.34	<0.01^†
BMI (mean ± SD)	36.15 ± 8.21	36.56 ± 9.20	0.403
Obstructive sleep apnea	97 (90.65%)	712 (72.36%)	<0.01^†
Clinical diagnosis of GERD	69 (64.49%)	501 (50.91%)	0.010^†
Smoking status	38 (35.51 %)	325 (33.03%)	0.682
Helicobacter pylori positivity	7 (6.54%)	48 (4.88%)	0.607
Hiatal hernia	33 (30.84%)	280 (28.46%)	0.685
Presence of central adiposity (BMI > 30)	86 (80.37%)	757 (76.93%)	0.493
Severity of OSA (AHI increments of 10)			0.018^†

^†

Denotes significance.

BMI, body mass index; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea.