Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of the 547 dyspeptic subjects undergoing and not undergoing endoscopy
| Characteristics | Subjects undergoing endoscopy (n = 346) | Subjects not undergoing endoscopy (n = 201) | P value |
| Age, (yr, mean ± SD) | 42.65 ± 14.36 | 43.02 ± 14.56 | 0.508 |
| Male sex n (%) | 138 (39.9) | 63 (31.3) | 0.053 |
| Marital status, n (%) | 0.446 | ||
| Married | 294 (85) | 176 (87.6) | |
| Single | 52 (15) | 25 (12.4) | |
| Education, n (%) | 0.529 | ||
| Illiterate and up to class V | 198 (57.2) | 121 (60.2) | |
| Class V and above | 148 (42.8) | 80 (39.8) | |
| Family income (taka/mo)a, mean ± SD | 9,790.09 ± 5,587.39 | 9,851.50 ± 7,016.92 | 0.908 |
| Occupation, n (%) | 0.262 | ||
| Housewife | 200 (58.3) | 128 (63.7) | |
| Cultivation | 56 (16.3) | 19 (9.5) | |
| Business and others | 87 (25.6) | 54 (27.0) | |
| Smoker (current or past), n (%) | 68 (19.8) | 32 (16.8) | 0.419 |
| Presence of psychosocial stress n (%) (cutoff value 23) | 29 (8.4) | 4 (2) | 0.002 |
| Total GHQ-28 score (mean ± SD) | 12.15 ± 7.79 | 9.39 ± 6.04 | 0.000 |
| Presence of EPS only, n (%) | 53 (15.3) | 35 (17.4) | 0.547 |
| Presence of PDS only, n (%) | 115 (33.2) | 86 (42.8) | 0.028 |
| Presence of EPS-PDS overlap, n (%) | 178 (51.4) | 80 (39.8) | 0.010 |
a
1 US$ = 84.84 taka (dated August 30, 2020).
EPS, epigastric pain syndrome; PDS, postprandial distress syndrome.