Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants
| Eosinophilic esophagitis patients n (%) |
Nondysphagia control group n (%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 52 (16)a | 52 (16)a | NA |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 27 (3.7)a | 26 (3.6)a | 0.11b |
| Sex | NA | ||
| Male | 74 (76%) | 74 (76%) | |
| Female | 23 (24%) | 23 (24%) | |
| Marital status | 0.72c | ||
| Single | 14 (14%) | 18 (19%) | |
| Married/cohabitating | 77 (79%) | 74 (76%) | |
| Partnership but living apart | 6 (6.2%) | 5 (5.2%) | |
| Working status | 0.40c | ||
| Fulltime | 70 (72%) | 80 (83%) | |
| Part time | 8 (8.2%) | 8 (8.2%) | |
| Retired | 15 (16%) | 8 (8.2%) | |
| Unemployed/job searching/other | 4 (4.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | |
| Smoking | 0.18d | ||
| Never smoked | 64 (66%) | 55 (57%) | |
| Have quit smoking | 31 (32%) | 38 (40%) | |
| Current smoker | 2 (2.1%) | 3 (3.1%) | |
| Time to complete survey | < 0.001c | ||
| < 10 min | 26 (27%) | 65 (67%) | |
| 10–20 min | 60 (63%) | 31 (32%) | |
| > 20 min | 10 (10%) | 1 (1.0%) |
NA not applicable
aMean (standard deviation)
bMann–Whitney U test
cChi-2 test
dMantel–Haenszel test