Mean (SD) age | 43.8 | (13.4) |
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Mean (SD)dyspepsia score1-151 | 16.8 | (4.06) |
No (%) of men | 164 | (47) |
No (%) with H pylori infection | 90 | (26) |
No (%) with >3 months’ duration of symptoms | 171 | (48) |
No (%) with previous episodes of dyspepsia | 256 | (73) |
No (%) with relevant psychological distress score on GHQ-121-152 | 158 | (45) |
↵1-150 Data on functional health status of seven patients were missing or incomplete, and were excluded from analysis.
↵1-151 Validated eight item questionnaire on a five point Likert scale, range 9–34.
↵1-152 n=345; data on psychological distress of eight analysed patients were missing or incomplete.