From: Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in a Chinese retiree cohort
Male (n=3097) | Female (n=5734) | |
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Age (years, mean±SD) | 66.48±6.91 | 60.36±7.61 |
BMI (mean±SD) | 24.53±3.22 | 24.89±3.51 |
Waist (cm, mean±SD) | 86.30±8.71 | 82.72±8.71 |
WHR (mean±SD) | 0.91±0.06 | 0.85±0.05 |
SBP (mmHg, mean±SD) | 141.4±19.7 | 138.9±20.3 |
DBP (mmHg, mean±SD) | 88.3±12.1 | 83.3±11.5 |
Education (%) | ||
Primary school or lower | 1283 (41.4) | 3478 (60.7) |
Primary high school | 1045 (33.8) | 1535 (26.8) |
Secondary high school | 551 (17.8) | 663 (11.6) |
College and above | 217 (7.0) | 55 (0.9) |
Occupation (%) | ||
Blue collar | 2463 (79.6) | 5380 (93.9) |
White collar | 632 (20.4) | 345 (6.1) |
Smoking (%) | ||
Ex-smokers | 598 (19.3) | 36 (0.6) |
Current smokers | 1475 (47.7) | 293 (5.1) |
Never | 1019 (33.0) | 5403 (94.3) |
Alcohol drinking (%) | ||
Yes | 1208 (39.0) | 97 (1.7) |
No | 1889 (61.0) | 5637 (98.3) |
Tea drinking (%) | ||
Yes | 1570 (50.7) | 537 (9.4) |
No | 1526 (49.3) | 5159 (90.6) |
Frequency of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms | ||
Never | 2820 (91.1) | 5081 (88.6) |
Less than once per month | 156 (5.0) | 343 (6.0) |
Once per month | 71 (2.3) | 210 (3.7) |
Once per week | 22 (0.7) | 50 (0.9) |
Several times per week | 15 (0.5) | 40 (0.7) |
Daily | 13 (0.4) | 10 (0.2) |