Research Article
The Influences of Visceral Fat Area on the Sites of Esophageal Mucosal Breaks in Subjects with Gastroesophageal Reflux Diseases
Table 1
Characteristics of the study subjects (
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| | Continuous variables | Mean | SD | Range |
| | Age (years) | 53.5 | 10.6 | 26-88 | | Height (cm) | 170.2 | 7.6 | 142-188 | | Weight (kg) | 73.0 | 14.2 | 41.1-143.3 | | Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) | 25.1 | 4.2 | 15.1-46.4 | | Body fat ratio (BFR) (%) | 24.8 | 6.3 | 11.5-51.1 | | Waist circumference (WC) (cm) | 87.5 | 11.3 | 50-134 | | Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) (cm3) | 63.2 | 27.7 | 6.5-132.8 | | Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) (cm3) | 80.9 | 37.8 | 14.2-310.5 | | Total adipose tissue (TAT) (cm3) | 144.1 | 56.7 | 21.8-443.3 | | VAT/SAT | 0.82 | 0.37 | 0.18-2.03 | | HbA1c (mg/dl) | 5.8 | 1.0 | 4.7-13.2 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 206.0 | 44.2 | 96-496 | | Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 151.1 | 106.2 | 24-664 | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 52.2 | 15.0 | 23-127 |
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| | Categorical variables | | % |
| | Male sex | 155 | 87.1 | | Current smoker | 55 | 30.9 | | Alcohol | 85 | 47.8 | | Coffee | 53 | 29.8 | | Diabetes | 13 | 7.3 | | Hypertension | 28 | 15.7 | | H. pylori-positive | 52 | 29.2 | | 2 symptoms or more | 27 | 15.2 | | Foreign body sense | 13 | 7.3 | | Nausea/vomiting | 11 | 6.2 | | Heartburn | 24 | 13.5 | | Abdominal discomfort | 12 | 6.7 | | Epigastric soreness | 25 | 14.0 | | Dyspepsia | 20 | 11.2 | | Los Angeles (LA) classification | | | | A | 135 | 75.8 | | B | 41 | 23.0 | | C | 2 | 1.1 | | D | 0 | 0 | | Direction of erosion | | | | Posterior wall side | 70 | 39.3 | | Lesser curvature side | 104 | 58.4 | | Anterior wall side | 26 | 14.6 | | Fundus side | 16 | 9.0 | | Hiatal hernia grade | | | | 0 | 86 | 48.3 | | I | 22 | 12.4 | | II | 45 | 25.3 | | III | 24 | 13.5 | | IV | 1 | 0.6 |
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HDL: high-density lipoprotein; SD: standard deviation.
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