Association between Lifestyle and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire Scores: A Cross-Sectional Study of 37 442 Chinese Adults
Table 2
Comparisons of the lifestyles between GerdQ score of ≥8 points and GerdQ score of <8 points.
Features
GerdQ score of <8 points ()
GerdQ score of ≥8 points ()
value
value
Smoking
119.361
≤0.001
Non-smoking
19 909 (81.76%)
4 443 (18.24%)
Smoking cessation
657 (76.22%)
205 (23.78%)
Smoking
9 427 (77.09%)
2 801 (22.91%)
Alcohol consumption
211.635
≤0.001
Nonexcessive
21 237 (82.11%)
4 626 (17.89%)
Excessive
8 756 (75.62%)
2 823 (24.38%)
Physical activity
86.916
≤0.001
Inadequate
19 827 (78.78%)
5 339 (21.22%)
Moderate
8 305 (82.52%)
1 759 (17.48%)
Adequate
1 861 (84.13%)
351 (15.87%)
Salt intake
80.598
≤0.001
Control intake
10 856 (82.62%)
2 283 (17.38%)
Over intake
19 137 (78.74%)
5 166 (21.26%)
Daily oil intake
91.419
≤0.001
≥35 g/d
9 263 (83.14%)
1 879 (16.86%)
<35 g/d
20 730 (78.82%)
5 570 (21.18%)
Daily vegetable intake
10.7289
0.001
≥300 g/d
3 704 (81.93%)
817 (18.07%)
<300 g/d
26 289 (79.85%)
6 632 (20.15%)
Daily fruit intake
45.222
≤0.001
≥200 g/d
8 111 (82.43%)
1 729 (17.57%)
<200 g/d
21 882 (79.28%)
5 720 (20.72%)
Daily cereal intake
6.465
0.039
<200 g/d
13 490 (80.13%)
3 346 (19.87%)
≥200 g/d, <400 g
11 155 (80.58%)
2 688 (19.42%)
≥400 g/d
5 348 (79.08%)
1 415 (20.92%)
Daily meat, fish, and egg intake
105.388
≤0.001
<125 g/d
22 107 (81.36%)
5 066 (18.64%)
≥125 g/d, <225 g/d
5 873 (77.46%)
1 709 (22.54%)
≥225 g
2 013 (74.92%)
674 (25.08%)
Daily milk intake
2.249
0.134
≥250 g/d
632 (78.02%)
178 (21.98%)
<250 g/d
29 361 (80.15%)
7 271 (19.85%)
Univariate regression analysis was performed focusing on the 10 background factors. The correlation of GerdQ score with 10 variables was assessed using chi-squared test and logistic regression analysis. The level of significance in each factor was set at value <0.05 ().
