A substantial incidence of silent short segment endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia in an adult Japanese primary care practice

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of association between short segment ESEM and background factors

		Odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	P value
Age		1.01	0.99-1.02	0.28
Gender	Female	1	-
	Male	1.45	1.02-2.06	0.04
Antacid therapy	(-)	1	-
	(+)	1.23	0.83-1.84	0.3
GERD-suggested symptoms	(-)	1	-
	(+)	1.08	0.75-1.57	0.67
Esophagitis	(-)	1	-
	(+)	0.74	0.35-1.58	0.44
Hiatus hernia	(-)	1	-
	(+)	43.3	10.6-176.1	1.5 × 10-7

GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease; ESEM: Endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia.