Fiber-enriched diet helps to control symptoms and improves esophageal motility in patients with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease

Table 1 Study population

Population characteristics	Result
Total subjects in the study, n	30
Male/Female, n	18/12
Ethnic characteristic	Non-Hispanic Caucasians 100%
Age, yr, mean ± SD	34.7 ± 9.3
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	26.7 ± 6.9
Weight, kg, mean ± SD	82.5 ± 17.9
Waist/hip ratio, mean ± SD	0.91 ± 0.08
Smoking, yes, n (%)	6 (20)
Alcohol use, yes, n (%)	14 (46.7)
Alcohol, g/d, mean ± SD	1.1 ± 1.7
Dietary fiber intake, g/d, mean ± SD	6.0 ± 2.3
Hiatal hernia
Presence, n (%)	16 (53.3)
Size, cm, mean ± SD	0.9 ± 0.5
Esophageal motility disorders per Chicago 3.0
Ineffective esophageal motility, n (%)	14 (46.7)
Fragmented peristalsis, n (%)	9 (30.0)
Normal, n (%)	7 (23.3)
Mean stool frequency per week, mean ± SD	7.0 ± 2.0

BMI: Body mass index.