Is obesity associated with gastropharyngeal reflux disease?

Advanced Search

BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge

Home / Archive / Volume 14, Issue 2

This Article

Citation of this article

Corresponding Author of This Article

Article-Type of This Article

Open-Access Policy of This Article

Times Cited Counts in Google of This Article

Number of Hits and Downloads for This Article

All Articles published online

Item

Count

PDF

267

HTML

2066

Tables (1-5)

142

Sum=2475

Jan 14, 2008 (publication date) through May 14, 2024

Times Cited of This Article

Journal Information of This Article

Publication Name

World Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN

1007-9327

Publisher of This Article

Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA

Rapid Communication

World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2008; 14(2): 265-271
Published online Jan 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.265

Table 4 Association of body mass index with gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastropharyngeal reflux disease, defined by ambulatory pH monitoring

	Body mass index (kg/m²)			P value
	< 23 (n = 344)	23-25 (n = 231)	> 25 (n = 194)	P value
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (%)				0.001
Absent	203 (59.0)	121 (52.4)	82 (42.3)
Present	141 (41.0)	110 (47.6)	112 (57.7)
Gastropharyngeal reflux disease (%)				0.162
Absent	143 (41.6)	103 (44.6)	69 (35.6)
Present	201 (58.4)	128 (55.4)	125 (64.4)

Citation: Choi CW, Kim GH, Song CS, Wang SG, Lee BJ, I H, Kang DH, Song GA. Is obesity associated with gastropharyngeal reflux disease? World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(2): 265-271
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i2/265.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.265