Table 2 Number (percentage) of controls, cases of gastritis and gastroesophageal reflux, isolated or combined, as a function of main socio-demographic, lifestyle and clinical characteristics
No gastritis/reflux (n = 2128) | Gastritis only (n = 264) | Reflux only (n = 310) | Both Gastritis and Reflux (n = 278) | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.034 | |||||||||
Male | 1101 (51.7) | 131 (49.6) | 159 (51.3) | 118 (42.5) | ||||||
Female | 1027 (48.3) | 133 (50.4) | 151 (48.7) | 160 (57.6) | ||||||
Age (years) | < 0.001 | |||||||||
20–34 | 282 (13.3) | 11 (4.2) | 19 (6.1) | 15 (5.4) | ||||||
35–44 | 601 (28.2) | 61 (23.1) | 78 (25.2) | 70 (25.2) | ||||||
45–54 | 648 (30.5) | 68 (25.8) | 87 (28.1) | 81 (29.1) | ||||||
55–64 | 323 (15.2) | 46 (17.4) | 61 (19.7) | 63 (22.7) | ||||||
> 65 | 274 (12.9) | 78 (29.6) | 65 (21.0) | 49 (17.6) | ||||||
Time at stopping education (years) | < 0.001 | |||||||||
< 18 | 578 (27.4) | 111 (42.4) | 93 (30.4) | 103 (37.5) | ||||||
18–21 | 806 (38.2) | 73 (27.9) | 111 (36.3) | 99 (36.0) | ||||||
≥ 22 | 727 (34.4) | 78 (29.8) | 102 (33.3) | 73 (26.5) | ||||||
BMI | 0.021 | |||||||||
< 25 | 1104 (53.8) | 137 (53.5) | 130 (43.6) | 126 (46.8) | ||||||
25–29 | 679 (33.1) | 83 (32.4) | 125 (42.0) | 102 (37.9) | ||||||
≥ 30 | 271 (13.2) | 36 (14.1) | 43 (14.4) | 41 (15.2) | ||||||
Physical activity (hours/week) | 0.112 | |||||||||
< 2/3 | 1428 (67.7) | 194 (74.0) | 217 (70.5) | 198 (71.5) | ||||||
≥ 2/3 | 683 (32.4) | 68 (26.0) | 91 (29.5) | 79 (28.5) | ||||||
Smoking habits | 0.006 | |||||||||
No smoker | 1059 (50.9) | 103 (40.4) | 154 (50.2) | 128 (47.4) | ||||||
Ex smoker | 588 (28.2) | 92 (36.1) | 105 (34.2) | 79 (29.3) | ||||||
Current smoker | 435 (20.9) | 60 (23.5) | 48 (15.6) | 63 (23.3) | ||||||
Alcohol intake (no/yes) | 0.793 | |||||||||
No drinker | 1284 (60.9) | 165 (63.2) | 182 (59.1) | 168 (60.4) | ||||||
Drinker | 826 (39.1) | 96 (36.8) | 126 (40.9) | 110 (39.6) | ||||||
Atopy | 0.485 | |||||||||
No | 1009 (51.1) | 123 (53.0) | 131 (49.6) | 143 (55.6) | ||||||
Yes | 964 (48.9) | 109 (47.0) | 133 (50.4) | 114 (44.4) | ||||||
Nasal polyps | 0.238 | |||||||||
No | 2049 (96.6) | 253 (96.2) | 291 (94.5) | 271 (97.5) | ||||||
Yes | 73 (3.4) | 10 (3.8) | 17 (5.5) | 7 (2.5) | ||||||