- ►annals.org [PDF] H Hampel, NS Abraham, HB El-Serag - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The association of body mass index and gastro- esophageal reflux disease (GERD),
including its complications (esophagitis, Barrett esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma), is
unclear. Purpose: To conduct a ... Cited by 254 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►shouxi.net BC Jacobson, SC Somers, CS Fuchs, CP … - New England Journal …, 2006 - content.nejm.org Results Of 10,545 women who completed the questionnaire (response rate, 86 percent), 2310 (22
percent) reported having symptoms at least once a week, and 3419 (55 percent of those who had any
symptoms) described their symptoms ... Cited by 146 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
HB El-Serag, DY Graham, JA Satia, L … - American Journal of …, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to display style sheets. In
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M Nilsson, R Johnsen, W Ye, K Hveem, J Lagergren - Jama, 2003 - Am Med Assoc You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. Find out
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HB El-Serag, P Kvapil, J Hacken-Bitar, … - American Journal of …, 2005 - members.medscape.com Background: The association between overweight/obesity and the risk of Barrett's esophagus (BE) is
unclear. Further, the association between body fat distribution and the risk of BE is unknown.
Methods: We conducted a ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
HB El-Serag - Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2005 - Elsevier Obesity is defined as an excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean
body mass. Body mass index (BMI) has become the accepted measure of obesity. The BMI is correlated
more highly with body fat than any ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 4 versions
HB El-Serag, GA Ergun, J Pandolfino, S Fitzgerald, … - British Medical …, 2007 - gut.bmj.com Results: 206 patients (63% women) with a mean age of 51.4 years who were not on acid-suppressing
drugs were enrolled. A body mass index (BMI) of >30 kg/m 2 (compared with BMI<25 kg/m 2 ) was
associated with a significant ... Cited by 53 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
CE Ruhl, JE Everhart - Annals of epidemiology, 1999 - Elsevier METHODS: We studied participants in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a
population-based sample examined in 1971–75 and followed through 1992–93. Persons with a
physician-diagnosed hiatal hernia ... Cited by 117 - Related articles - All 7 versions
DA Corley, A Kubo - American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2006 - members.medscape.com Obesity is a postulated risk factor for GERD, although individual studies have conflicting results.
[16-27] Some studies suggest that an increased body mass index (BMI) is associated with increased
esophageal acid exposure (28) and ... Cited by 62 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
JE Pandolfino, HB El–Serag, Q Zhang, N Shah, SK … - Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier Background & Aims: The aim of the current study was to analyze the relationship between obesity and
the morphology of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ) pressure segment using high-resolution
manometry. Methods: Two hundred ... Cited by 103 - Related articles - All 17 versions
