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Table 1 Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of functional gastrointestinal symptomatic adult patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 318)

From: Uninvestigated dyspepsia and associated factors of patients with gastrointestinal disorders in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Variable

Freq

%

Variables

 

Freq

%

Age (year) mean ± SD

37.84 ± 12.41

  

Eating spicy food

Yes

269

84.6

No

49

15.4

Age group

< 30 years

105

33.01

    

30 to 49 years

149

46.9

Tea consumption

Never

106

33.3

≥50 years

64

20.12

One cup/day

96

30.2

Sex

Male

145

45.6

>one cup/day

116

36.5

 

Female

173

54.4

Coffee consumption

Never

114

35.8

Marital status

Married

214

67.4

One cup/day

53

16.7

Single

63

19.8

>one cup/day

151

47.5

Divorced/widowed

41

12.9

Raw fruits and/or Vegetable consumption

Never

78

24.5

Residence

Rural

73

23

at least once/day

53

16.7

Urban

194

61

at least once/week

187

58.8

Suburban

51

16

Alcohol drinking

Yes

156

49.1

Occupation

Gov,t

108

34

No

162

50.9

Student

29

9.1

Recent drug consumption

Never

187

58.8

Farmer

66

20.8

Aspirin/NSAIDs

87

27.4

Merchant

51

16.0

Other drugs

44

13.8

Housewife

51

16.0

Blood group

Group A

82

25.8

Others

13

4.1

Group B

89

28.0

Education

No legal education

50

15.7

Group AB

21

6.6

Grade 1–8

74

23.3

Group O

126

39.6

Grade 9–12

72

22.6

H. pylori infection

Yes

99

31.1

College and above

122

38.4

No

219

68.9