Waist-to-hip ratio, but not body mass index, is associated with an increased risk of barrett's esophagus in white men

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,c   Fischbach, Lori A ^d   Richardson, Peter ^a,c   Alsarraj, Abeer ^a   Fitzgerald, Stephanie ^a   Shaib, Yasser ^c   Abraham, Neena S ^a,b,c   Velez, Maria ^b,c   Cole, Rhonda ^b,c   Anand, Bhupinderjit ^b,c   Verstovsek, Gordana ^b,c   Rugge, Massimo ^e   Parente, Paola ^f   Graham, David Y ^b,c   El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic Study; Risk Factors; Veterans Affairs; Visceral Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIATUS HERNIA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84875368191     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.11.028     Document Type: Article

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