Large waist circumference is a risk factor for reflux esophagitis in Japanese males

Digestion

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Yasuhara, Hisae ^a   Miyake, Yasuhiro ^b   Toyokawa, Tatsuya ^a   Matsumoto, Kazuyuki ^a   Takahara, Masahiro ^a   Imada, Takayuki ^a   Yagi, Satoru ^a   Miyatake, Hirokazu ^a   Nakatsu, Morihito ^a   Ando, Masaharu ^a   Hirohata, Mamoru ^a  

^a Mitoyo General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Hiatal hernia; Reflux esophagitis; Risk factor; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 74249106868     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235919     Document Type: Article

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