Obese patients have stronger peristalsis and increased acid exposure in the esophagus

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1420-1426

  Fornari, Fernando ^a,b,c   Callegari Jacques, Sidia M ^c   Dantas, Roberto Oliveira ^d   Scarsi, Ana Lúcia ^a   Ruas, Liana Ortiz ^a   De Barros, Sérgio Gabriel Silva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b ENDOPASSO ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Esophageal motility disorders; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL ESOPHAGEAL AMPLITUDE; ESOPHAGEAL ACID EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LES PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARAMETER; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERISTALSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955631874     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1454-4     Document Type: Article

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