Demographics and Clinical and Endoscopic Characteristics of Patients with Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Case-Control Study
Table 7
Determinants of severity of esophagitis in GERD patients (Poisson’s regression analysis).
Parameter
SE
Wald’s chi-square
Sig.
Constant
0.027
0.2868
0.009
0.925
Ethnicity (Arabs versus Jews)
0.082
0.0799
1.062
0.303
Rural versus urban
−0.012
0.0607
0.039
0.843
Gender
0.002
0.0596
0.001
0.971
Smoking status
0.036
0.1146
0.096
0.756
Alcohol consumption
0.018
0.1494
0.015
0.902
Comorbidities
0.041
0.0919
0.202
0.653
ASA/NSAID users
−0.018
0.0710
0.067
0.796
Statin users
0.028
0.1285
0.046
0.830
PPI users
−0.086
0.1038
0.693
0.405
H. pylori status (negative versus positive)
0.168
0.0847
3.956
0.047
BMI
0.001
0.0048
0.001
0.996
Age
0.002
0.0017
1.779
0.182
ASA: acetylsalicylic acid; BMI: body mass index; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PPIs: proton pump inhibitors.
