Laryngopharyngeal reflux in patients with reflux esophagitis

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2008; 14(28): 4523-4528
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4523

Table 3 Logistic regression analyses on predictors of LPR

	Odds ratio
	Model 1	Model 2
Gender
Female	-	-
Male	0.72	0.82
Age	0.96¹	0.96¹
BMI	0.98	0.99
LPR symptoms
Hoarseness	4.12¹	-
Globus	1.77	1.21
Cough	0.91	1.23
Throat clearing	0.82	1.24
LA grade
A	-	-
B	0.81	0.76
C	2.35	2.21
Hiatus hernia	4.78¹	-
Hiatus hernia and Hoarseness	-	12.3¹

BMI: Body mass index; LPR: Laryngopharyngeal reflux; LA grade: The grade of Los Angeles classification of esophagitis.

¹P value is significant at the 0.05 level.

Citation: Lai YC, Wang PC, Lin JC. Laryngopharyngeal reflux in patients with reflux esophagitis. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(28): 4523-4528
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i28/4523.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.4523