Table 2 Mean intake between physician-assigned GERD patients and population controls with no or little reported symptoms
From: Dietary guideline adherence for gastroesophageal reflux disease
GERD Group (physician-assigned) | Population controls without GERD1 | |
|---|---|---|
Number or Mean (% or standard deviation) | Number or Mean (% or standard deviation) | |
Number of subjects | 308 | 182 |
Beverages | ||
Soft drinks (servings/week) | 3.2 (6.7) | 2.1 (5.4) |
Coffee (cups/day) | 8.7 (10.4) | 9.9 (9.9) |
Tea (cups/day) | 4.1 (7.4) | 2.9 (5.2) |
Alcohol (drinks/day) | ||
Non drinker | 109 (35) | 41 (23) |
<=1/day | 128 (42) | 91 (50) |
>1 & <2/day | 29 (9) | 31 (17) |
> = 2/day | 42 (14) | 19 (10) |
Nutrients/food items | ||
Calories (kcal/day) | 1828 (770) | 1797 (776) |
Total fat (g/day) | 77.9 (37.9) | 77.5 (39.6) |
Fried foods (fried potatoes, chickens, fish, doughnuts-servings/week) | 0.7 (1.5) | 0.6 (1.1) |
Tomato products (servings/week) | 1.5 (2.8) | 1.5 (2.3) |
Citrus (citrus fruits + juice- servings/week) | 2.3 (3.8) | 2.8 (3.5) |