A comparison of the clinical, demographic and psychiatric profiles among patients with erosive and non-erosive reflux disease in a multi-ethnic Asian country

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 21, 2005; 11(23): 3558-3561
Published online Jun 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i23.3558

Table 2 Comparison of NERD with ERD: outcome of univariate analysis.

	NERD (n = 216)	ERD (n = 317)	P
Mean age (yr)	39.4	45.0	0.02
Gender:
female (%)	46.3	35.6	0.015
Ethnic group:
Chinese:Malay:Indian	165:17:34	237:35:45	NS
BMI	23.5	24.5	NS
Minor psychiatric co-morbidity (%)	26.4	46.7	0.002
Clinical improvement with PPI (%)	66.8	79.7	<0.001
Smoking (%)	9.7	19.6	0.001
H pylori + (%)	24.8	27.5	NS

Citation: Ang TL, Fock KM, Ng TM, Teo EK, Chua TS, Tan J. A comparison of the clinical, demographic and psychiatric profiles among patients with erosive and non-erosive reflux disease in a multi-ethnic Asian country. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(23): 3558-3561
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i23/3558.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i23.3558