Natural history of heartburn: A 10-year population-based study

Table 4 Heartburn and relationship to medication, food/beverages and tiredness

Variable	n	% of heartburn prior week
On constant medication	30	27.3
Medication only when experiencing symptoms	77	85.6
Tiredness (lethargy)
Frequent	20	13.2
Sometimes/seldom	73	48.0
Never	59	38.8
Heartburn caused by food and beverages
Very often	32	20.0
Sometimes/seldom	118	73.8
Never	10	6.3
Increased heartburn caused by specific food
Very often	35	22.7
Sometimes/seldom	92	59.7
Never	27	17.5