Vegetal and Animal Food Proteins Have a Different Impact in the First Postprandial Hour of Impedance-pH Analysis in Patients with Heartburn
Table 2
Epidemiological characteristics and voluptuary habits in three different groups of patients.
NERD (55)
HE (49)
FH (61)
Male/female
32/23
25/24
23/38
0.089
Mean age ± sd
54.8 ± 13.4
51.7 ± 11.3
49.3 ± 11.7
0.095
Mean BMI ± sd
24.4 ± 3.6
23.8 ± 4.1
22.9 ± 4.6
0.261
Smokers (%)
12 (21.8%)
9 (18.4%)
13 (21.3%)
0.637
Alcohol consumers (%)
23 (41.8%)
18 (36.7%)
18 (29.5%)
0.379
Coffee consumers (%)
30 (54.5%)
23 (46.9%)
21 (34.4%)
0.088
Response to PPI (%)
44 (80%)
34 (69.4%)
0
N/A
Hiatal hernia (%)
42 (76.4%)
20 (40.8%)
1 (1.6%)
0.001
BMI: body mass index; PPI: proton pump inhibitors; smokers: habit to smoke cigarettes or cigar; alcohol consumers: ≥2 alcohol units per day; coffee: ≥1 cup of coffee per day.
