Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Cold Hypersensitivity in the Hands and Feet May Be Associated with Functional Dyspepsia: Results of a Multicenter Survey Study

Table 1

General characteristics of the study subjects.


Variable	Before matching			After matching
	CHHF	Non-CHHF	value	CHHF	Non-CHHF	value
	()	()	value	()	()	value

Sex
Male	226 (18.7)	769 (44.1)	<0.001	168 (26.3)	173 (27)	0.752
Female	983 (81.3)	975 (55.9)	<0.001	472 (73.8)	467 (73)	0.752
Age (y)			<0.001			0.858
Height (cm)			<0.001			0.375
Weight (kg)			<0.001			0.447
BMI (kg/m²)			<0.001			0.731

Results are presented as (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
CHHF: cold hypersensitivity in the hands and feet; Non-CHHF: noncold hypersensitivity in the hands and feet; BMI: body mass index.