Prevalence of, and factors associated with, gastroesophageal reflux disease: A population-based study in Shanghai, China

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Ma, X Q ^a   Cao, Y ^a   Wang, R ^a   Yan, X ^a   Zhao, Y ^a   Zou, D ^b   Wallander, M A ^c   Johansson, S ^d,e   Liu, W ^f   Gu, Z ^f   Zhao, J ^f   He, Jia ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Epidemiology; Gastroesophageal reflux; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GERD IMPACT SCALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949099533     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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