Table 2 Risk factors and lifestyle and their association with GERD

Overall

964

168 (17.4)

Perceived Stress

Low to moderate

736 (76.3)

647 (81.3)

89 (53)

< 0.01

High

228 (23.7)

149 (18.7)

79 (47)

BMI

Underweight/ Healthy Weight

584 (60.6)

476 (59.8)

108 (64.3)

0.28

Overweight /Obese

380 (39.4)

320 (40.2)

60 (35.7)

Physical activity (> 30 min) / week

No

437 (45.3)

355 (44.6)

82 (48.8)

0.31

Yes

527 (54.7)

441 (55.4)

86 (51.2)

Using Analgesics

No

202 (21)

173 (21.7)

29 (17.3)

0.19

Yes

762 (79)

623 (78.3)

139 (82.7)

Number of daily meals

Less than 3

470 (48.8)

376 (47.2)

94 (56)

0.04

3 or more

494 (51.2)

420 (52.8)

74 (44)

Preferred drink

Tea

291 (30.2)

239 (30)

52 (31)

0.84

Coffee

242 (25.1)

196 (24.6)

46 (27.4)

Soda

153 (15.9)

128 (16.1)

25 (14.9)

Others

12 (1.2)

11 (1.4)

1 (0.6)

Don’t drink any of these

266 (27.6)

222 (27.9)

44 (26.2)

Number of Coffee Cups/ day

Less than 3

894 (92.7)

746 (93.7)

148 (88.1)

0.014

3 or more

70 (7.3)

50 (6.3)

20 (11.9)

Eating dinner one or two hours before sleeping

No

440 (45.6)

363 (45.6)

77 (45.8)

0.95

Yes

524 (54.4)

433 (54.4)

91 (54.2)

Eating meals at midnight

No

437 (45.3)

361(45.4)

76 (45.2)

0.97

Yes

527 (54.7)

435 (54.6)

92 (54.8)

Quick eating habit

No

490 (50.8)

406 (51)

84 (50)

0.81

Yes

474 (49.2)

390 (49)

84 (50)

Frequency of breakfast/ Week

Less than 3

361 (37.4)

287 (36.1)

74 (44)

0.14

3

356 (36.9)

207 (26)

54 (23.9)

More than 3

247 (25.6)

302 (37.9)

40 (32.1)

Wearing tight clothes

No

801 (83.1)

660 (82.9)

141 (83.9)

0.75

Yes

163 (16.9)

136 (17.1)

27 (16.1)

Smoking

Non smoker

925 (96)

774 (97.3)

151 (89.9)

< 0.01

Current smoker

39 (4)

22 (2.7)

17 (10.1)