Characteristics | Esophageal pathology | Chi-square test | P Value | |||||
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Health N = 10,907 | Esophagitis N = 4048 | LGIN N = 769 | HGIN N = 157 | EC N = 55 | Total N = 15,936 | |||
Age, (Mean ± SD) | 54.48 ± 7.66 | 56.65 ± 7.53 | 60.65 ± 6.23 | 62.71 ± 5.86 | 61.49 ± 6.42 | 55.44 ± 7.74 | 466.28a | < 0.001 |
PHQ-9 score, Median (Q1-Q3) | 1.00 (0.00–4.00) | 0.00 (0.00–4.00) | 0.00 (0.00–4.00) | 1.00 (0.00–4.00) | 1.00 (0.00–4.00) | 0.00 (0.00–4.00) | 159.74b | < 0.001 |
Age (years), n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 249.37 | < 0.001 |
  ≤ 50 | 3776 (34.62) | 963 (23.79) | 48 (6.24) | 5 (3.18) | 3 (5.45) | 4795 (30.09) |  |  |
 51–60 | 4249 (38.96) | 1636 (40.42) | 292 (37.97) | 40 (25.48) | 17 (30.91) | 6234 (39.12) |  |  |
  > 60 | 2882 (26.42) | 1449 (35.81) | 429 (55.79) | 112 (71.34) | 35 (63.64) | 4907 (30.79) |  |  |
Gender, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 12.74 | 0.013 |
 Male | 4471 (40.99) | 1686 (41.65) | 337 (43.82) | 79 (50.32) | 31 (56.36) | 6604 (41.44) |  |  |
 Female | 6436 (59.01) | 2362 (58.35) | 432 (56.18) | 78 (49.68) | 24 (43.64) | 9332 (58.56) |  |  |
Region, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 186.87 | < 0.001 |
 Linzhou | 1260 (11.55) | 767 (18.95) | 170 (22.11) | 38 (24.2) | 13 (23.64) | 2248 (14.11) |  |  |
 Cixian | 2878 (26.39) | 1041 (25.72) | 203 (26.4) | 44 (28.03) | 15 (27.27) | 4181 (26.24) |  |  |
 Feicheng | 3222 (29.54) | 375 (9.26) | 212 (27.57) | 35 (22.29) | 19 (34.55) | 3863 (24.24) |  |  |
 Yanting | 3193 (29.27) | 146 (3.61) | 77 (10.01) | 32 (20.38) | 6 (10.91) | 3454 (21.67) |  |  |
 Yangzhong | 354 (3.25) | 1719 (42.47) | 107 (13.91) | 8 (5.1) | 2 (3.64) | 2190 (13.74) |  |  |
Marital status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76.66 | < 0.001 |
 Married | 10,294 (94.38) | 3682 (90.96) | 689 (89.60) | 137 (87.26) | 49 (89.09) | 14,851 (93.19) |  |  |
 Unmarried/Living alone/divorced/widowed | 613 (5.62) | 366 (9.04) | 80 (10.40) | 20 (12.74) | 6 (10.91) | 1085 (6.81) |  |  |
Highest education level, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 86.02 | < 0.001 |
 Primary school or below | 5393 (49.45) | 1845 (45.58) | 454 (59.04) | 104 (66.24) | 35 (63.64) | 7831 (49.14) |  |  |
 Junior or senior high school | 5424 (49.73) | 2152 (53.16) | 313 (40.7) | 53 (33.76) | 20 (36.36) | 7962 (49.96) |  |  |
 Undergraduate or over | 83 (0.76) | 44 (1.09) | 2 (0.26) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 129 (0.81) |  |  |
 Unknown | 7 (0.06) | 7 (0.17) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 14 (0.09) |  |  |
Occupation, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 761.90 | < 0.001 |
 Agriculture or related workers | 7140 (65.46) | 1745 (43.11) | 495 (64.37) | 121 (77.07) | 46 (83.64) | 9547 (59.91) |  |  |
 Factory workers | 1393 (12.77) | 947 (23.39) | 76 (9.88) | 9 (5.73) | 2 (3.64) | 2427 (15.23) |  |  |
 Housewife or househusband | 1296 (11.88) | 646 (15.96) | 128 (16.64) | 16 (10.19) | 3 (5.45) | 2089 (13.11) |  |  |
 Administrator or manager or professional or technical | 216 (1.98) | 114 (2.82) | 13 (1.69) | 2 (1.27) | 1 (1.82) | 346 (2.17) |  |  |
 Self-employed or sales or service workers | 552 (5.06) | 309 (7.63) | 20 (2.60) | 2 (1.27) | 1 (1.82) | 884 (5.55) |  |  |
 Retired | 97 (0.89) | 115 (2.84) | 9 (1.17) | 4 (2.55) | 0 (0.00) | 225 (1.41) |  |  |
 Unemployed | 42 (0.39) | 29 (0.72) | 4 (0.52) | 1 (0.66) | 0 (0.00) | 76 (0.48) |  |  |
 Unknown | 171 (1.57) | 143 (3.53) | 24 (3.12) | 2 (1.27) | 2 (3.64) | 342 (2.15) |  |  |
Household income (ten thousand RMB/year), n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1147.08 | < 0.001 |
  < 3.0 | 1591 (14.59) | 631 (15.59) | 211 (27.44) | 48 (30.57) | 11 (20) | 2492 (15.64) |  |  |
 3.0–7.0 | 6617 (60.67) | 1579 (39.01) | 367 (47.72) | 78 (49.68) | 33 (60) | 8674 (54.43) |  |  |
 7.0–11.0 | 2247 (20.6) | 1046 (25.84) | 142 (18.47) | 26 (16.56) | 11 (20) | 3472 (21.79) |  |  |
  ≥ 11.0 | 452 (4.14) | 792 (19.57) | 49 (6.37) | 5 (3.18) | 0 (0.00) | 1298 (8.15) |  |  |
Smoking status, n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 22.80 | 0.004 |
 Do not smoke | 8640 (79.22) | 3099 (76.56) | 602 (78.28) | 117 (74.52) | 36 (65.45) | 12,494 (78.40) |  |  |
 Only occasionally | 331 (3.03) | 136 (3.36) | 17 (2.21) | 6 (3.82) | 1 (1.82) | 491 (3.08) |  |  |
 Most days/almost every day | 1936 (17.75) | 813 (20.08) | 150 (19.51) | 34 (21.66) | 18 (32.73) | 2951 (18.52) |  |  |
Alcohol consumption, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 57.13 | < 0.001 |
 Never or almost never | 6922 (63.46) | 2614 (64.58) | 510 (66.32) | 91 (57.96) | 27 (49.09) | 10,164 (63.78) |  |  |
 Only occasionally | 2535 (23.24) | 806 (19.91) | 135 (17.56) | 31 (19.75) | 10 (18.18) | 3517 (22.07) |  |  |
 Most days/almost every day | 1450 (13.29) | 628 (15.51) | 124 (16.12) | 35 (22.29) | 18 (32.73) | 2255 (14.15) |  |  |
Tea consumption, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 414.12 | < 0.001 |
 Never or almost never | 5190 (47.58) | 2641 (65.24) | 440 (57.22) | 88 (56.05) | 27 (49.09) | 8386 (52.62) |  |  |
 Only occasionally | 2564 (23.51) | 694 (17.14) | 111 (14.43) | 35 (22.29) | 8 (14.55) | 3412 (21.41) |  |  |
 Most days/almost every day | 3153 (28.91) | 713 (17.61) | 218 (28.35) | 34 (21.66) | 20 (36.36) | 4138 (25.97) |  |  |
Physical activities, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 132.70 | < 0.001 |
 Never or almost never | 9544 (87.5) | 3344 (82.61) | 665 (86.48) | 137 (87.26) | 49 (89.09) | 13,739 (86.21) |  |  |
 1–2 times / week | 217 (1.99) | 160 (3.95) | 14 (1.82) | 2 (1.27) | 1 (1.82) | 394 (2.47) |  |  |
 3–5 times / week | 170 (1.56) | 163 (4.03) | 10 (1.30) | 1 (0.64) | 1 (1.82) | 345 (2.16) |  |  |
 Daily/almost every day | 976 (8.95) | 381 (9.41) | 80 (10.40) | 17 (10.83) | 4 (7.27) | 1458 (9.15) |  |  |
Life satisfaction status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36.46 | < 0.001 |
 Very satisfied | 2307 (21.15) | 774 (19.12) | 181 (23.54) | 34 (21.66) | 10 (18.18) | 3306 (20.75) |  |  |
 Basically satisfied | 7622 (69.88) | 2817 (69.59) | 503 (65.41) | 112 (71.34) | 38 (69.09) | 11,092 (69.60) |  |  |
 General | 948 (8.69) | 432 (10.67) | 82 (10.66) | 10 (6.37) | 7 (12.73) | 1479 (9.28) |  |  |
 Not satisfied | 30 (0.28) | 25 (0.62) | 3 (0.39) | 1 (0.64) | 0 (0.00) | 59 (0.37) |  |  |
Self-rated health status, n (%) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 254.46 | < 0.001 |
 Excellent | 2592 (23.76) | 739 (18.26) | 191 (24.84) | 36 (22.93) | 14 (25.45) | 3572 (22.41) |  |  |
 Good | 6449 (59.13) | 2169 (53.58) | 382 (49.67) | 82 (52.23) | 26 (47.27) | 9108 (57.15) |  |  |
 General | 1766 (16.19) | 1092 (26.98) | 188 (24.45) | 36 (22.93) | 15 (27.27) | 3097 (19.43) |  |  |
 Fair-poor | 100 (0.92) | 48 (1.19) | 8 (1.04) | 3 (1.91) | 0 (0.00) | 159 (1.00) |  |  |
BMI (kg/m2), n (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 31.67 | 0.002 |
  < 18.5 | 187 (1.71) | 79 (1.95) | 18 (2.34) | 5 (3.18) | 1 (1.82) | 290 (1.82) |  |  |
 18.5–25.0 | 6107 (55.99) | 2364 (58.40) | 458 (59.56) | 102 (64.97) | 36 (65.45) | 9067 (56.90) |  |  |
 25.0–30.0 | 3900 (35.76) | 1402 (34.63) | 253 (32.90) | 44 (28.03) | 17 (30.91) | 5616 (35.24) |  |  |
  ≥ 30.0 | 713 (6.54) | 203 (5.01) | 40 (5.20) | 6 (3.82) | 1 (1.82) | 963 (6.04) |  |  |
Depression symptoms |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27.54 | < 0.001 |
 Depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 7) | 505 (4.63) | 121 (2.99) | 23 (2.99) | 9 (5.73) | 5 (9.09) | 663 (4.16) |  |  |
 Non-depression (PHQ-9 < 7) | 10,402 (95.37) | 3927 (97.01) | 746 (97.01) | 148 (94.27) | 50 (90.91) | 15,273 (95.84) |  |  |