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Table 1 Showing socio-demographic data of the study participants

From: Gastroesophageal reflux disease: prevalence and Extraesophageal manifestations among undergraduate students in South West Nigeria

Ā 

GERD

Ā Ā Ā 

Variables

Present

Absent

āœ—2

P-Value

Total

Age (Years)

ā€ƒ15ā€“18

84 (38.7)

133 (61.3)

5.63

0.06

217 (33.5)

ā€ƒ19ā€“22

114 (29.3)

275 (70.9)

389 (60.1)

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰23

14 (34.1)

27 (65.9)

41 (6.3)

Gender

ā€ƒMales

68 (29.1)

166 (70.9)

2.29

0.13

234 (36.2)

ā€ƒFemales

144 (34.9)

269 (65.1)

413 (63.8)

BMI

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰18.4

22 (36.1)

39 (63.9)

2.90

0.41

61 (9.4)

ā€ƒ18.5ā€“24.9

131 (32.5)

272 (67.5)

403 (62.3)

ā€ƒ25ā€“30

38 (28.8)

94 (71.2)

132 (20.4)

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰30

21 (41.2)

30 (58.8)

51 (7.9)

ā€ƒTotal

212 (32.8%

435 (67.2)

Ā Ā 

647 (100%)

Waist circumference /gender

ā€ƒFemale

ā€ƒā€ƒNormal WC

109 (36.2)

192 (63.8)

4.32

0.23

301 (46.5)

ā€ƒā€ƒRisk

19 (27.5)

50 (72.5)

69 (10.7)

ā€ƒā€ƒHighly risk

16 (37.2)

27 (62.8)

43 (6.6)

ā€ƒMale

ā€ƒā€ƒNormal WC

59 (29.2)

143 (70.8)

2.32

0.51

202 (31.2)

ā€ƒā€ƒHigh risk

8 (28.6)

20 (71.4)

28 (4.3)

ā€ƒā€ƒGreat risk

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

4 (0.6)