Metabolic syndrome is associated with erosive esophagitis

Table 3 Risk of individual components of metabolic syndrome for erosive esophagitis

	OR (95% CI)1	P	OR (95% CI)2	P
Increased waist circumference	1.46 (1.28-1.67)	< 0.001	1.33 (1.15-1.54)	< 0.001
Hypertension	1.22 (1.06-1.40)	0.006	1.16 (1.00-1.35)	0.047
DM or elevated FBS	1.09 (0.77-1.54)	0.627	0.95 (0.66-1.38)	0.798
Increased TG	1.98 (1.74-2.26)	< 0.001	1.47 (1.14-1.90)	0.003
Low HDL-C	0.67 (0.56-0.80)	< 0.001	0.90 (0.74-1.09)	0.267

FBS: Fasting blood sugar; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.

¹Unadjusted;

²Adjusted for gender, current smoking, hiatal hernia, reflux symptoms, alcohol use, fatty liver on abdominal USG, and HOMA.