Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for erosive esophagitis in a Korean population

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1656-1661

  Kang, Mun Su ^a   Park, Dong Il ^a   Oh, Se Yong ^a   Yoo, Tae Woo ^a   Ryu, Seung Ho ^a   Park, Jung Ho ^a   Kim, Hong Joo ^a   Cho, Yong Kyun ^a   Sohn, Chong Il ^a   Jeon, Woo Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Ik ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; BMI; Erosive esophagitis; Reflux symptoms; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34548543287     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04518.x     Document Type: Article

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