A comparison of the clinical, demographic and psychiatric profiles among patients with erosive and non-erosive reflux disease in a multi-ethnic Asian country

Table 1 Clinical presentation of patients with GERD.

Symptoms	NERD	ERD	Total
Heartburn, acid regurgitation	216	118	334
Dyspepsia	-	199	199
Total	216	317	533

Table 2 Comparison of NERD with ERD: outcome of univariate analysis.

	NERD (n = 216)	ERD (n = 317)	P
Mean age (yr)	39.4	45.0	0.02
Gender:
female (%)	46.3	35.6	0.015
Ethnic group:
Chinese:Malay:Indian	165:17:34	237:35:45	NS
BMI	23.5	24.5	NS
Minor psychiatric co-morbidity (%)	26.4	46.7	0.002
Clinical improvement with PPI (%)	66.8	79.7	<0.001
Smoking (%)	9.7	19.6	0.001
H pylori + (%)	24.8	27.5	NS