Table 1 Demographic characteristics and domain scores of patients with Barrett’s esophagus, and age-, sex-, municipality-, marriage- and education-matched healthy referents

Sex (% male)

82.14

82.14

1.0

Age (mean ± SD)

54.11 ± 14.29

53.17 ± 14.36

0.98

% Married

80.95

77.38

0.52

% Education (>12 years)

22.62

22.02

0.92

% Employment

83.33

74.07

0.11

% Smoking*

36.90

22.96

0.03

% Drinking*

57.14

22.96

<0.001

BMI (kg/m²) (mean ± SD) *

25.42 ± 3.42

22.44 ± 2.91

<0.001

Q1 overall QOL*

3.15 ± 0.80

3.36 ± 0.63

0.028

Q2 overall health*

2.92 ± 0.84

3.57 ± 0.69

<0.001

Physical*

12.42 ± 1.57

15.14 ± 2.42

<0.001

Psychological

13.44 ± 1.86

13.67 ± 2.27

0.43

Social

14.45 ± 2.11

14.22 ± 2.41

0.45

Environment*

14.53 ± 2.04

13.71 ± 2.31

0.006