Epidemiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease: A general population-based study in Xi’an of Northwest China

Table 4 Other common gastrointestinal symptoms in respond-ers with and without GERD

Symptom	Responders with SGER (n = 430)		Responders without SGER (n = 2102)		P value
	n	Rate (%)	n	Rate (%)
Pain behind breastbone	100	23.25	84	4.14	< 0.01
Dysphagia	24	5.58	20	0.95	< 0.01
Retching	164	38.14	228	10.85	< 0.01
Nausea	137	31.86	148	7.04	< 0.01
Vomiting	78	18.14	71	3.38	< 0.01
Epigastric discomfort	161	37.44	216	10.28	< 0.01
Epigastric fullness	201	46.74	303	14.41	< 0.01
Epigastric pain	122	28.37	147	6.99	< 0.01
Diarrhoea	59	13.72	102	5.07	< 0.01
Constipation	93	21.63	199	9.47	< 0.01