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Table 3 Respondent to the web-questionnaire by gender, BMI and coffee consumption

From: Gastroesophageal reflux symptoms among Italian university students: epidemiology and dietary correlates using automatically recorded transactions

 

F

M

Female (%)

Male (%)

BMI class

 

Underweight

256

44

13.6

3.9

Normal weight

1422

846

75.5

74.5

Overweight

163

203

8.7

17.9

Class I obesity

33

32

1.8

2.8

Class II obesity

5

10

0.3

0.9

Extreme obesity

5

1

0.3

0.1

Number of coffee consumed

 

None

439

301

23.3

26.5

1–2

966

539

51.3

47.4

3–4

437

256

23.2

22.5

5 +

42

40

2.2

3.5

Smoking habits

 

Yes

370

226

19.6

19.9

No

1514

910

80.4

80.1

  1. *P-value <0.05 for comparison between males and females distribution of the variables
  2. The original numerical variable “number of coffee” was categorized for descriptive purposes