Gastro-esophageal reflux disease symptoms are more common in general practice in Japan

Figure 1 The proportion of GERD symptoms when a cutoff point for diagnosing GERD is more than 7-points, 9-points and 19-points.

Figure 2 The prevalence of GERD symptoms in different age groups. ^aP < 0.05 vs 70-79 aged group; ^cP < 0.02 vs 70-79 aged group.

Figure 3 Proportion of patients with a score of zero points among GERD-negative subjects. ^bP < 0.01 vs 60-69 and 70-79 aged group; ^cP < 0.05 vs 60-69 and 70-79 aged group.

Figure 4 Proportion of patients with a score of more than 9 points among GERD-positive patients.

Figure 5 Proportion of patients with a score of more than 19 points among GERD-positive patients. ^aP < 0.02 vs 15-19 aged group; ^cP < 0.05 vs 15-19 aged group.