Association of body mass index with heartburn, regurgitation and esophagitis: Results of the Progression of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease study

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1728-1731

  Nocon, Marc ^a   Labenz, Joachim ^b   Jaspersen, Daniel ^c   Meyer Sabellek, Wolfgang ^d   Stolte, Manfred ^f   Lind, Tore ^d,e   Malfertheiner, Peter ^g   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Ev Jung Stilling Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^g OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; GERD; Heartburn; Obesity; Overweight; Reflux; Regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EROSION; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34948910640     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04549.x     Document Type: Article

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