Research Article
Association of Psychological Characteristics and Functional Dyspepsia Treatment Outcome: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of Chinese FD patients.
| | Improvement () Mean ± SD/n (%) | Nonimprovement () Mean ± SD/n (%) | | value |
| Age (years) | 47.14 ± 11.79 | 47.82 ± 11.11 | −0.30 | 0.763 | Gender | | | 0.22 | 0.637 | Male | 15 (35.71) | 21 (31.34) | | | Female | 27 (64.29) | 46 (68.66) | | | BMI | | | 2.07 | 0.355 | <18.5 | 5 (11.90) | 12 (17.91) | | | 18.5–25 | 35 (83.33) | 48 (71.64) | | | >25 | 2 (4.76) | 7 (10.45) | | | Marriage status | | | 8.00 | 0.005 | Good marriage | 39 (92.86) | 47 (70.15) | | | Others | 3 (7.14) | 20 (29.85) | | | Occupation | | | 0.35 | 0.553 | Employed | 25 (59.52) | 36 (53.73) | | | Others | 17 (40.48) | 31 (46.27) | | | Education level | | | 0.02 | 0.883 | Lower than high school | 27 (64.29) | 44 (65.67) | | | High school and above | 15 (35.71) | 23 (34.33) | | |
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