Table 5: Effect of patient age, sex, and smoking history on GERD symptoms.

Parameters

Category

How many times does this occur per week? (% GER likelihood)

Total

Chi-square

df

p-value

0

50

79

89

Age

11-20

0

11

3

2

16

3.911

4

0.418

21-30

0

39

6

7

52

31-40

0

37

11

6

54

41-50

0

14

7

2

23

> 50

0

9

5

1

15

Total

0

110

32

18

160

Gender

F

0

67

22

13

102

1.289

2

0.525

M

0

43

10

5

58

Total

0

110

32

18

160

Smoking status

Non-smoking

0

105

31

18

154

0.929

2

0.629

Smoking

0

5

1

0

6

Total

0

110

32

18

160