Visceral abdominal obesity measured by CT scan is associated with an increased risk of Barrett's oesophagus: A case-control study

Gut

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-229

  El Serag, Hashem B ^a,b   Hashmi, Ali ^b   Garcia, Jose ^b   Richardson, Peter ^a,b   Alsarraj, Abeer ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Stephanie ^a,b   Vela, Marcelo ^b   Shaib, Yasser ^b   Abraham, Neena S ^b   Velez, Maria ^b   Cole, Rhonda ^b   Rodriguez, Margot B ^b   Anand, Bhupinderjit ^b   Graham, David Y ^b   Kramer, Jennifer R ^a,b  

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

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84891744328     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304189     Document Type: Article

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