Table 4 The prevalence of uninvestigated dyspepsia in relation to lifestyle and other factors of study participants in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 318)
Variables | Total | UD = n/% | χ 2 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eating spicy food | Yes | 269 | 132(49.1) | 0.29 | 0.591 |
No | 49 | 22(44.9) | |||
Tea consumption | Never | 106 | 59(55.7) | 18.23 | <0.000 |
One cup/day | 96 | 57(59.4) | |||
>one cup/day | 116 | 38(32.8) | |||
Coffee consumption | Never | 114 | 54(47.4) | 0.19 | 0.911 |
One cup/day | 53 | 27(50.9) | |||
>one cup/day | 151 | 73(48.3) | |||
Raw fruits and/or Vegetables consumption | Never | 78 | 49(62.8) | 8.71 | 0.013 |
Eat at least once/day | 53 | 22(41.5) | |||
Eat at least once/week | 187 | 83(44.4) | |||
Alcohol drinking | Yes | 156 | 79(50.6) | 0.60 | 0.438 |
No | 162 | 75(46.3) | |||
Recent drug consumption | Never | 187 | 67(35.8) | 30.27 | <0.000 |
Aspirin/NSAIDs | 87 | 61(70.1) | |||
Other drugs | 44 | 26(59.1) | |||
Blood group | Group A | 82 | 37(45.1) | 6.51 | 0.089 |
Group B | 89 | 35(39.3) | |||
Group AB | 21 | 12(57.1) | |||
Group O | 126 | 70(55.6) | |||
H. pylori infection | Yes | 99 | 67(67.7) | 21.33 | <0.000 |
No | 219 | 87(39.7) | |||