Strategy for treatment of nonerosive reflux disease in Asia

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2008; 14(20): 3123-3128
Published online May 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.3123

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of NERD and RE patients in Asia

	NERD	RE
Male/Female	0.59-1.65	1.18-7.13
Average age (yr)	45.2-57.5	49.0-59.7
Mean body mass index (kg/m²)	22.1-23.1	21.7-24.2
Complication of hiatal hernia (%)	17.7-34.8	35.1-77.0
H pylori infection (%)	36.3-48.3	18.0-32.3
Glandular atrophy of the gastric mucosa (open-type) (%)	25.0-43.0	6.7-25.0
Efficacy of proton pump inhibitor (%)	29.5-64.0	55.4-90.3

Citation: Hiyama T, Yoshihara M, Tanaka S, Haruma K, Chayama K. Strategy for treatment of nonerosive reflux disease in Asia. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(20): 3123-3128
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i20/3123.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.3123