Table 3. Bivariate analysis of independent variables of gastritis status, SPHMMC 2020 (n = 364).

Variables	Categories	Status of gastritis						Pearson Chi-Square (p-value)
		None		Acute		Chronic
		f	%	f	%	F	%
Sex	Female	41	16.7	128	52	77	31.3	0.010
	Male	36	30.5	50	42.4	32	27.1
Place of Residence	Urban	63	20.4	152	49.4	93	30.2	0.024
	Rural	14	25	26	46.4	16	28.6
Educational Level	Below Grade 9	30	24	55	44	40	32	0.099
	High school Completed	10	11.8	51	60	24	28.2
	College and above	37	24	72	46.8	45	29.2
Monthly Income Level	<2000	27	28.7	40	42.6	27	28.7	0.020
	2001 to 4000	18	19.6	50	54.3	24	26.1
	4001 to 6000	19	22.3	39	45.9	27	31.8
	>6001	13	14	49	52.7	31	33.3
Marital Status	Unmarried	47	29.2	84	52.2	30	18.6	0.049
	Married	14	9.5	71	48.3	62	42.2
	Divorced	8	22.2	16	44.4	12	33.3
	Widowed	8	40	7	35	5	25
Occupation	Unemployed	34	20.5	82	49.4	50	30.1	0.327
	Self-employed	22	27.8	35	44.4	22	27.8
	Governmental	10	12.7	47	59.5	22	27.8
	Non-governmental	5	14.7	14	41.2	15	44.1
The sign of Gastritis	Nausea and vomiting.	-	-	31	64.6	17	35.4	<0.001
	Dull pain	-	-	62	63.3	36	36.7
	Heartburn	-	-	27	51.9	25	48.1
	Abdominal discomfort.	-	-	25	65.8	13	34.2
	Loss of appetite.	-	-	33	64.7	18	35.3
Persistent of the symptoms	Less than 2 days	-	-	70	39.3	-	-	<0.001
	Less than 14 days	-	-	108	60.7	-	-
	A month ago	-	-	-	-	26	23.9
	Less than 6 month	-	-	-	-	42	38.5
	Above six month	-	-	-	-	41	37.6
Habitual practices	Eating Spicy foods	-	-	154	80.2	38	19.8	0.001
	Lack of physical exercise	-	-	170	84.2	32	15.8
	Stress and anxiety	-	-	166	86.9	25	13.1
	Regularly eat similar food	-	-	44	51.8	41	48.2
Drugs for treatment	Yes	-	-	163	60.6	106	39.4	0.016
	No	-	-	15	83.3	3	16.7
Not washing hands before eating	Yes	-	-	118	59.3	81	40.7	0.002
	No	-	-	60	68.2	28	31.8
Skipped and delayed meals	Yes	-	-	144	64.3	80	35.7	0.001
	No	-	-	34	54	29	46
Eating uncooked foods	Yes	-	-	26	57.8	19	42.2	0.292
	No	-	-	112	49.6	114	50.4
Involvement in Substance Use	Yes	-	-	115	57.5	85	42.5	0.001
	No	-	-	63	72.4	24	27.6