Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2013; 19(16): 2514-2520
Published online Apr 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2514
Table 1 Baseline clinical and demographic data
LA-classificationNERDGrade AGrade BGrade CGrade D
n (F)138 (90)21 (13)33 (15)19 (5)55 (22)
(%, 95%CI)(51.9, 45.9-57.8)(7.9, 5.2-11.8)(12.4, 9.0-16.0)(7.1, 4.6-10.9)(20.7, 16.2-25.9)
Age, yr, mean ± SD (range)49 ± 12.2 (19-65)42 ± 12.9 (19-62)50 ± 11.9 (22-65)46 ± 12.8 (29-65)53 ± 8.1 (37-65)
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD (range)28.8 ± -6.4 (19-49)30 ± 8.5 (21-53)29.7 ± 6.1 (21-44)26.3 ± 5.5 (15-35)28.7± 7.6 (16-53)
Percentage BMI > 30 kg/m239.7%38.9%43.3%27.8%24.5%
PPI at enrolment61.5%50%71%57.9%70.4%
Tobacco25.2%30%8.7%21.4%7.9%
Alcohol (daily or > 50 g/d)7.7%13.3%23.8%14.3%34.2%
Employed54.4%66.7%55%50%44.7%
Married48.6%40%52.2%42.9%51.3%
Socioeconomically disadvantaged54.9%56.3%50%43.8%51.2%
Table 2 Baseline comparisons of patients from the different study sites
VariableRAH-tertiary referral centre (n = 173)LMH-community Hospital (n = 93)P value
Age, yr, mean ± SD (range)48 ± 12.5 (19-65)51.5 ± 10.2 (23-65)0.027
Disadvantaged SES56%74.4%< 0.001
LA-Grade NERD46.8%61.3%0.024
LA-Grade C/D21.4%6.4%0.024
Smoking14.7%31.3%0.007
Alcohol (daily or > 5 Std. drinks/d)17.1%12.7%0.701
Male gender48.6%60.2%0.171
BMI > 30 kg/m232.1%44.1%0.064