Prevalence and Predictors of Silent Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Patients with Hypertension

Table 5

Factors associated with the prevalence of silent GERD in patients with HT by multivariate logistic regression analysis.

Factors	Silent GERD (%)	Controls (%)	OR (95% CI)	value
Education ≥ 12 years	8 (12.1)	71 (23.8)	0.22 (0.02–2.77)	0.205
Abdominal obesity	29 (43.9)	88 (29.5)	11.35 (4.92–26.18)	≤0.001
Prescription of calcium channel blockers	44 (66.7)	156 (52.3)	1.42 (0.70–2.92)	0.333
Controlled hypertension	9 (15.8)	78 (26.2)	0.02 (0.01–0.09)	≤0.001
Untreated hypertension	6 (9.1)	8 (2.7)	17.50 (3.65–83.87)	≤0.001

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; compared with the control group, respectively.