Table 2 Univariate analysis of socio-demographic variables against reflux symptoms (N = 1195).
Variables | Laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No reflux symptoms (%) | Reflux symptoms (%) | p-value | ||
Age | 917 (76.7%)a | 278(23.3%)a | 0.000b** | |
Gender | Female | 560 (73.3%) | 204(26.7%) | 0.000** |
Male | 357 (82.8%) | 74(17.2%) | ||
Marital Status | Single | 684 (76.1%) | 215(23.9%) | 0.283 |
Married | 152 (80%) | 38(20%) | ||
Engaged | 70 (79.5%) | 18(20.5%) | ||
Widow | 2 (50%) | 2(50%) | ||
Divorced | 9 (64.3%) | 5(35.7%) | ||
Educational level | Illiterate | 1 (100%) | 0(0%) | 0.908 |
informal education | 1 (100%) | 0(0%) | ||
Primary School | 5 (71.4%) | 2(28.6%) | ||
Secondary school | 95 (74.8%) | 32(25.2%) | ||
Undergraduates | 769 (76.8%) | 232(23.2%) | ||
Postgraduates | 46 (79.3%) | 12(20.7%) | ||
University grade | 1st year | 78 (72.9%) | 29(27.1%) | 0.204 |
2nd year | 101 (71.6%) | 40(28.4%) | ||
3rd year | 124 (74.3%) | 43(25.7%) | ||
4th year | 93 (78.2%) | 26(21.8%) | ||
5th year | 47 (78.3%) | 13(21.7%) | ||
6th year | 16 (64%) | 9(36%) | ||
not currently a student | 458 (79.5%) | 118(20.5%) | ||
Faculty | Medical laboratory sciences | 32 (69.6%) | 14(30.4%) | 0.042* |
Public health | 6 (66.7%) | 3(33.3%) | ||
Nursing | 40 (75.5%) | 13(24.5%) | ||
Pharmacy | 48 (87.3%) | 7(12.7%) | ||
Dentistry | 31 (91.2%) | 3(8.8%) | ||
Medicine | 329 (75.6%) | 106(24.4%) | ||
Non-medical fields | 392 (77.8%) | 112(22.2%) | ||
Not studying in university currently | 34 (64.2%) | 19(35.8%) | Â | |
Working status | Employed | 305 (79.4%) | 79(20.6%) | 0.149 |
Unemployed | 612 (75.5%) | 199(24.5%) | ||
Family income sufficiency | Not enough at all | 93 (71.5%) | 37(28.5%) | 0.489 |
Sufficient for basic needs only | 340 (76.7%) | 103(23.3%) | ||
Sufficient for basic needs and some additions | 446 (77.7%) | 128(22.3%) | ||
Sufficient for way above basic needs and luxuries | 38 (79.2%) | 10(20.8%) | ||
