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Table 1 Characteristics for the whole group and women with or without current and lifetime GORD

From: Gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)-related symptoms and its association with mood and anxiety disorders and psychological symptomology: a population-based study in women

 

All

Current GORD-related symptoms*

Lifetime GORD-related symptoms

  

Yes

No

P value

Yes

No

P value

 

n = 1084

n = 114

n = 958

 

n = 151

n = 933

 

Age at interview (yr)

50.7(34.3, 65.9)

68.6 (58.4, 77.4)

48.1 (32.1, 63.7)

<0.001

66.1 (56.6,77.3)

47.8 (31.5, 63.2)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m 2 )*

26.3 (23.4, 55.0)

28.6 (25.0, 33.9)

26.0 (23.2, 30.5)

<0.001

28.3 (24.5, 33.6)

26.0 (23.3, 30.5)

<0.001

Alcohol consumption (g/day)*

2.9 (0.3, 12.0)

0.8 (0.1, 11.0)

3.1 (0.4, 12.2)

0.18

1.5 (0.0, 9.9)

3.2 (0.4, 12.4)

0.2

Smokers (current)*

153 (14.1%)

12 (10.5%)

139 (14.5%)

0.25

16 (10.6%)

137 (14.7%)

0.18

Physically active*

840 (77.6%)

77 (67.5%)

758 (79.3%)

0.004

98 (64.9%)

742 (79.7%)

<0.001

Socio-economic status

Quintile 1 (most disadvantaged)

167 (15.4%)

21 (18.4%)

145 (15.1%)

0.79

27 (17.9%)

140 (15.0%)

0.85

Quintile 2

232 (21.4%)

25 (21.9%)

206 (21.5%)

32 (21.2%)

200 (21.4%)

Quintile 3

253 (23.3%)

28 (24.6%)

221 (23.1%)

37 (24.5%)

216 (23.2%)

Quintile 4

211 (19.5%)

18 (15.6%)

188 (19.6%)

26 (17.2%)

185 (19.8%)

Quintile 5

221 (20.4%)

22 (19.3%)

198 (20.7%)

29 (19.2%)

120 (20.6%)

Mood disorder (current)

114 (10.6%)

18 (15.8%)

72 (7.5%)

0.003

-

-

-

Anxiety disorder (current)

83 (7.7%)

11 (9.7%)

70 (7.3%)

0.37

-

-

-

Current symptomatology (GHQ >3)*

161 (15.2%)

27 (25%)

129 (13.8%)

0.002

-

-

-

Mood disorder (lifetime)

311 (28.7%)

-

-

-

47 (31.1%)

264 (28.3%)

0.48

Anxiety disorder (lifetime)

144 (13.3%)

-

-

-

26 (17.2%)

118 (12.7%)

0.13

  1. *Missing values: BMI n = 29, alcohol consumption n = 33, physically active n = 2, smokers n = 1, current GORD n = 12, GHQ n = 27.
  2. Values are given as median (IQR) or n (%).