Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of GERD group and non-GERD group.

Demographics parameters	GERD; ()	Non-GERD; ()	P
Female patients, (%)	75 (60.5%)	346 (53.1%)	0.080
Age (mean ± SD), years	62.70 ± 14.01	65.33 ± 13.62	0.051
Duration of diabetes, years	10.60 ± 8.31	11.40 ± 7.76	0.205
Height (mean ± SD), cm	163.05 ± 8.10	164.31 ± 8.51	0.129
Weight (mean ± SD), kg	64.32 ± 12.62	66.10 ± 11.92	0.130
BMI (mean ± SD), kg/m^2	24.09 ± 3.68	24.39 ± 3.84	0.417
WC (mean ± SD), cm	91.08 ± 10.44	89.91 ± 10.88	0.267
HC (mean ± SD), cm	94.40 ± 8.76	93.70 ± 8.93	0.432
WHR (mean ± SD)	0.96 ± 0.09	0.97 ± 0.08	0.104

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; P < 0.05 was selected as a significant level.