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Table 1 Results of simple logistic regression analysis

From: A Rome III survey of functional dyspepsia among the ethnic Malays in a primary care setting

Parameters

FD n = 16

Not FD n = 144

Crude OR (95% CI)

P value

Age*

46.2 (9.4)

38.8 (14.5)

1.04 (0.99, 1.08)

0.06

Body Mass Index* (kg/m2)

28.1 (4.9)

25.2 (4.7)

1.13 (1.02, 1.26)

0.03@

Family income* (RM)

2628.1 (2253.7)

2607.3 (2106.0)

1.00 (1.00,1.00)

1.0

Sex  Male

6 (37.5)

62 (43.1)

1.00

0.7

   Female

10 (62.5)

82 (56.9)

1.26 (0.44,3.65)

Education level

   

0.09

   Non-tertiary education

12 (75.0)

75 (52.1)

1.00

   Tertiary education

4 (25.0)

69 (47.9)

0.36 (0.11, 1.18)

Occupational status

   

0.2

   Not working

6 (37.5)

77 (53.5)

1.00

   Work full-time

10 (62.5)

67 (46.5)

1.92 (0.66, 5.55)

Marital status

   

0.04@

   Single or divorced

1 (6.3)

54 (37.5)

1.00

   Married

15 (93.8)

90 (62.5)

9.00 (1.16, 70.06)

Smoking status

   

0.7

   Non-smoker

13 (81.3)

122 (84.7)

1.00

   Current and ex-smoker

3 (18.8)

22 (15.3)

1.28 (0.34,4.86)

Red flag symptoms

   

0.1

   Symptom absent

10 (62.5)

116 (80.6)

1.00

   Symptom present

6 (37.5)

28 (19.4)

2.49 (0.83, 7.42)

Psychosocial symptoms

   

0.03@

   None

3 (18.8)

71 (49.3)

1.00

   Symptom present

13 (81.3)

73 (50.7)

4.22 (1.15,15.42)

 
  1. FD; functional dyspepsia, OR; odd ratio, CI; confidence interval, n; number of subjects, RM; Ringgit Malaysia.
  2. All parameters in n (%) except those parameters marked with * in mean (standard deviation).
  3. @significant on univariate analysis with P value <0.05.