Central Adiposity Is Associated With Increased Risk of Esophageal Inflammation, Metaplasia, and Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Central adiposity has been implicated as a risk factor for Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), possibly promoting the progression from inflammation to metaplasia and neoplasia. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies to evaluate...

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Hauptverfasser: Singh, Siddharth, Sharma, Anamay N., Murad, Mohammad Hassan, Buttar, Navtej S., El-Serag, Hashem B., Katzka, David A., Iyer, Prasad G.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2013
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3873801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23707461
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2013.05.009
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