Table 3.
Prevalence of gastroesophageal disorders (gastritis/GERD) in controls, rhinitis, allergic rhinitis and sinusitis subjects
| Controls (n = 1414) n(%) | AR (n = 590) n(%) |
NAR (n = 188) n(%) |
Sinusitis (n = 691) n(%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gastritis/reflux | < 0.001 | ||||
| No gastritis/GERD | 1091 (77.2) | 438 (74.2) | 119 (63.3) | 415 (60.1) | |
| Gastritis/GERD | 323 (22.8) | 152 (25.8) | 69 (36.7) | 276 (39.9) | |
| Gastritis only | 108 (7.6) | 43 (7.3) | 21 (11.2) | 81 (11.7) | |
| GERD Only | 132 (9.3) | 65 (11) | 14 (7.5) | 86 (12.5) | |
| GERD and Gastritis | 83 (5.9) | 44 (7.5) | 34 (18.1) | 109 (15.8) | |
p values were computed by Pearson's Chi-square test