The Frequencies of Gastroesophageal and Extragastroesophageal Symptoms in Patients with Mild Erosive Esophagitis, Severe Erosive Esophagitis, and Barrett’s Esophagus in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic data of patients with mild erosive esophagitis, severe esophagitis, and Barrett’s esophagus.

Characteristics	Mild erosive	Severe erosive	Barrett’s
	esophagitis	esophagitis	esophagus
	(LA grade A/B)	(LA grade C/D)
Patient number	𝑁=534	𝑁=37	𝑁=54
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)	51.05±12.34	56.89±12.83^∗	51.26±11.66^#
Gender (male)	300/534 (56.2%)	32/37 (86.5%)*	38/54 (70.4%)
Metabolic syndrome	144/458 (31.4%)	15/35 (42.9%)	15/46 (32.6%)
Hiatal hernia	120/532 (22.6%)	26/37 (70.3%)*	15/54 (27.8%)^#

∗P < 0.05 compared with esophagitis A/B.
#P < 0.05 compared with esophagitis C/D.