Figure 1. Figure 1. The prevalence of GERD in Saudi Arabia (n = 2,043). GERD: gastroesophageal reflux diseas.
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Volume 10, Number 3, March 2018, pages 221-225
Prevalence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Saudi Arabia
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| Variables | GERD Negative | GERD Positive | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease; SD: standard deviation. *Statistical significant. | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 699 | 71% | 285 | 29% | 0.824 |
| Female | 757 | 71.5% | 302 | 28.5% | |
| Age (mean ± SD) | 29 ± 9.8 | 30.7 ± 11.4 | 0.504 | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Divorces/Widow | 28 | 65.1% | 15 | 34.9% | 0.003* |
| Single | 721 | 68.3% | 335 | 31.7% | |
| Married | 707 | 74.9% | 237 | 25.1% | |
| Residency | |||||
| Rural | 159 | 70.4% | 67 | 29.6% | 0.748 |
| Urban | 1,297 | 71.4% | 520 | 28.6% | |
| Education | |||||
| Illiteracy | 11 | 55% | 9 | 45% | 0.423 |
| High school | 276 | 70.6% | 115 | 29.4% | |
| University and above | 1,137 | 71.6% | 451 | 28.4% | |
| Primary/Intermediate school | 32 | 72.7% | 12 | 27.3% | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Manual worker | 18 | 60% | 12 | 40% | 0.190 |
| Student | 605 | 68.9% | 273 | 31.1% | |
| Retired | 31 | 70.5% | 13 | 29.5% | |
| Housewife | 121 | 71.6% | 48 | 28.4% | |
| Unemployed | 128 | 72.7% | 48 | 27.3% | |
| Employee | 553 | 74.1% | 193 | 25.9% | |
| Blood group | |||||
| AB- | 5 | 62.5% | 3 | 37.5% | 0.516 |
| B- | 17 | 68% | 8 | 32% | |
| Don't Know | 146 | 68.5% | 67 | 31.5% | |
| O+ | 618 | 70.2% | 262 | 29.8% | |
| A+ | 338 | 71.2% | 137 | 28.8% | |
| B+ | 158 | 73.1% | 58 | 26.9% | |
| O- | 78 | 75% | 26 | 25% | |
| AB+ | 62 | 75.6% | 20 | 24.4% | |
| A- | 34 | 85% | 6 | 15% | |