Table 8 Analysis of people with different states of depression based on 24-h pH monitoring results (\(\overline{{\text{x}}}\) ± s, N = 518).

From: Analyzing the correlation between gastroesophageal reflux disease and anxiety and depression based on ordered logistic regression

Variables

No depression (0–7 points, N = 297)

Mild depression (8–10 points, N = 128)

Moderate to severe depression (11–21 points, N = 93)

P

Number of refluxes (pH < 4)

65.87 ± 88.51

95.96 ± 105.82

105.73 ± 89.97

 < 0.001

% Time spent in reflux

4.48 ± 8.92

6.74 ± 8.14

7.05 ± 6.93

0.006

Number of long refluxes (T ≥ 5 min)

1.96 ± 4.13

2.97 ± 4.13

3.33 ± 3.79

0.005

DeMeester score

18.92 ± 33.37

26.65 ± 29.54

28.44 ± 26.25

0.004

  1. Differences between 24-h pH monitoring results in depressed populations with different states using one-way ANOVA.
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