Association between obesity and Barrett's esophagus in a Japanese population: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Watari, Jiro ^a   Hori, Kazutoshi ^a   Toyoshima, Fumihiko ^a   Kamiya, Noriko ^a   Yamasaki, Takahisa ^a   Okugawa, Takuya ^a   Asano, Haruki ^a   Li, Zhao L ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a   Ikehara, Hisatomo ^a   Sakurai, Jun ^a   Tomita, Toshihiko ^a   Oshima, Tadayuki ^a   Fukui, Hirokazu ^a   Miwa, Hiroto ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Body mass index; Reflux esophagitis; Visceral obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOSCOPICALLY SUSPECTED BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ATROPHY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; ODDS RATIO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884537784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-143     Document Type: Article

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