Table
2: Demographic
Results for all groups.
| 
   GROUP  | 
  
   GERD  | 
  
   CAD  | 
  
   GERD/CAD  | 
  
   NORMAL  | 
 
| 
   | 
  
   (N = 49)  | 
  
   (N = 73)  | 
  
   (N = 57)  | 
  
   (N = 57)  | 
 
| 
   Age      | 
  
   54.82 ±
  16.445  | 
  
   63.48 ±
  13.499  | 
  
   62.93 ±
  10.610  | 
  
   56.40 ±
  14.318  | 
 
| 
   Gender (no.) Male  Female  | 
  
   13 36  | 
  
   37 36  | 
  
   22 35  | 
  
   15 42  | 
 
| 
   Ethnicity Indians Africans Mixed  | 
  
   24 14 13  | 
  
   29 30 13  | 
  
   28 20 09  | 
  
   18 24 15  |