Research Article
Association of Symptoms with Eating Habits and Food Preferences in Chronic Gastritis Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Descriptive characteristics of the study population (N = 526).
| | Characteristics | Participants (N (%)) |
| | Gender | | | Male | 180 (34.2%) | | Female | 346 (65.8%) |
| | Age, y | | | 19∼44 | 202 (38.4%) | | 45∼59 | 186 (35.4%) | | 60∼74 | 126 (24.0%) | | 75∼89 | 12 (2.2%) |
| | Education | | | Primary (≤9 y) | 168 (32%) | | Secondary (9–12 y) | 154 (29%) | | Some college (13–17 y) | 191 (36%) | | College graduate or higher (≥18 y) | 13 (3%) |
| | Helicobacter pylori | | | (+) | 248 (47.15%) | | (−) | 278 (52.85%) |
| | BMI, kg/m2 | | | Underweight (<18.5) | 39 (7.4%) | | Normal weight (18.5∼23.9) | 298 (56.7%) | | Overweight (24∼28) | 149 (28.3%) | | Obesity (>28.0) | 40 (7.6%) |
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