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Table 5 Probabilities for selected symptom items by severity of symptom derived from LCA for all participants

From: Dietary patterns and severity of symptom with the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its histological precursor lesions in China: a multicenter cross-sectional latent class analysis

Symptom items

Asymptomatic

Mild symptoms

Overt symptoms

Number of lost teeth

0 teeth

48.4%

39.5%

32.8%

1–3 teeth

29.5%

39.3%

31.6%

more than 4 teeth

22.1%

21.1%

35.6%

Whether gingival bleeding

Yes

0.0%

100.0%

35.1%

No

100.0%

0.0%

64.9%

Whether dysphagia

Yes

0.2%

0.1%

7.0%

No

99.8%

99.9%

93.0%

Whether bloating, heartburn, acid reflux

Yes

1.6%

1.4%

47.6%

No

98.4%

98.6%

52.4%

Whether nausea, vomiting and belching

Yes

0.6%

1.0%

36.6%

No

99.4%

99.0%

63.4%

Whether epigastric pain

Yes

0.8%

0.8%

20.1%

No

99.2%

99.2%

79.9%

Cluster’s size

71.9%

26.7%

1.5%