Obesity is not a risk factor in children with reflux esophagitis: A retrospective analysis of 738 children

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Elitsur, Yoram ^a,c   Dementieva, Yulia ^b   Elitsur, Rotem ^a   Rewalt, Mary ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66149179240     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2008.0069     Document Type: Article

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