Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, is Associated with an Increased Risk of Barrett's Esophagus in White Men

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Abdominal obesity increases the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and might also contribute to development of Barrett's esophagus (BE), although results are inconsistent. We examined the effects of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) on the ris...

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Hoofdauteurs: Kramer, Jennifer R., Fischbach, Lori A., Richardson, Peter, Alsarraj, Abeer, Fitzgerald, Stephanie, Shaib, Yasser, Abraham, Neena S., Velez, Maria, Cole, Rhonda, Anand, Bhupinderjit, Verstovsek, Gordana, Rugge, Massimo, Parente, Paola, Graham, David Y., El-Serag, Hashem B.
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: 2012
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Online toegang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606681/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23220167
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2012.11.028
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