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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2010; 16(4): 484-489
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.484
Published online Jan 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.484
Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients enrolled in the present study
| Clinical characteristics | n (%) |
| Total patients | 869 |
| Patient profiles | |
| Age | |
| median; range (yr) | 66; 29-91 |
| Sex | |
| Female (%) | 406 (46.7) |
| BMI | |
| median; range | 22.2; 13.5-41.2 |
| Regular drinking habit (%) | 316 (36.4) |
| Smoking habit (%) | 319 (36.7) |
| Endoscopic results | |
| Hiatal hernia (%) | 266 (30.6) |
| GMA | |
| Open type (%) | 466 (53.6) |
| Erosive esophagitis | |
| Total (%) | 165 (19.0) |
| Mild (LA class A, B) (%) | 152 (17.5) |
| Severe (LA class C, D) (%) | 13 (1.5) |
| Barrett’s epithelium | |
| Total (%) | 374 (43.0) |
| SSBE (%) | 370 (42.6) |
| LSBE (%) | 4 (0.5) |
- Citation: Akiyama T, Inamori M, Iida H, Endo H, Hosono K, Sakamoto Y, Fujita K, Yoneda M, Takahashi H, Koide T, Tokoro C, Goto A, Abe Y, Shimamura T, Kobayashi N, Kubota K, Saito S, Nakajima A. Shape of Barrett’s epithelium is associated with prevalence of erosive esophagitis. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16(4): 484-489
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v16/i4/484.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.484