Table 1

Comparisons of clinical variables between participants with and without EO by gender

M (n=7110)F (n=4842)
Clinical variablesEO (n=1438)non-EO (n=5739)p ValueEO (n=484)non-EO (n=4429)p Value
Age (years)49.5±11.948.4±13.00.00249.4±13.049.0±13.10.452
BMI (kg/m2)25.6±3.324.9±3.2<0.00123.9±3.923.3±3.70.004
General obesity398 (27.9)1325 (23.3)<0.00191 (19.1)637 (14.6)0.009
Waist circumference (cm)89.5±8.787.6±8.7<0.00178.3±9.777.0±9.30.005
Central obesity660 (46.3)2222 (39.1)<0.001182 (38.2)1474 (33.8)0.055
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)123.2±16.6122.0±15.90.014115.2±19.4113.7±17.90.100
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)73.8±10.573.8±10.10.85866.2±10.565.8±10.10.347
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)5.41±1.635.36±1.490.2645.18±1.505.16±1.300.726
2-hour postload glucose (mmol/L)7.32±3.196.96±3.11<0.0016.86±2.746.72±2.770.315
Glycated haemoglobin (%)5.92±1.145.81±1.010.0025.78±0.955.74±0.910.350
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)27.2±17.726.7±14.00.23223.2±10.123.1±11.00.895
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)35.8±24.434.8±25.30.16123.6±15.423.1±17.70.659
Creatinine (µmol/L)88.8±51.688.8±40.01.00064.5±23.063.6±17.70.345
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)95.9±26.194.2±26.00.035105.5±31.1104.0±28.40.310
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)5.15±0.955.14±0.970.8935.13±0.995.14±0.990.858
Triglyceride (mmol/L)1.82±1.231.72±1.220.0031.28±0.911.24±0.780.303
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.12±0.291.16±0.30<0.0011.42±0.381.43±0.360.558
Hypertriglyceridaemia (≥1.69 mmol/L)631 (44.2)2093 (36.8)<0.00197 (20.3)792 (18.1)0.241
Low HDL-C (F<1.29, M<1.03 mmol/L)609 (42.7)2027 (35.7)<0.001188 (39.4)1648 (37.8)0.497
Diabetes mellitus251 (17.6)838 (14.7)0.00869 (14.5)546 (12.5)0.223
Hypertension320 (22.4)1241 (21.8)0.63295 (19.9)725 (16.6)0.068
Metabolic syndrome421 (29.5)1273 (22.4)<0.00199 (20.8)734 (16.8)0.030
NAFLD405 (28.4)1434 (25.2)0.015173 (36.3)1184 (27.1)<0.001
Hiatal hernia209 (14.6)48 (0.8)<0.00165 (13.6)10 (0.2)<0.001
Alcohol consumption11 (0.8)37 (0.7)0.621
Tea drinking555 (38.9)2002 (35.2)0.010121 (25.4)1187 (27.2)0.394
Smoking268 (18.8)918 (16.2)0.0179 (1.9)85 (1.9)0.928
Habitual exercise155 (10.9)504 (8.9)0.02026 (5.5)245 (5.6)0.884
  • Data are shown as the mean±SD or number (%).

  • BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; EO, erosive oesophagitis; F, female; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; M, male; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.