Prevalence and risk factors for Barrett’s esophagus in Taiwan

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2019; 25(25): 3231-3241
Published online Jul 7, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i25.3231

Table 1 Demographic data and endoscopic features of study groups, n (%)

Characteristics	Barrett's esophagus		P value
Characteristics	Yes (n = 89)	No (n = 3296)	P value
Age (yr) (mean ± SD)	55.63 ± 10.49	51.18 ± 11.43	< 0.001^a
Male gender	73 (82)	1859 (56.4)	< 0.001^a
Smoking	23 (25.8)	576 (17.5)	0.041^a
Consumption of alcohol	43 (48.3)	1080 (32.8)	0.002^a
Consumption of betel nuts	5 (5.6)	52 (1.6)	0.016^a
Ingestion of coffee	23 (25.8)	658 (20)	0.172
Ingestion of tea	26 (29.2)	624 (18.9)	0.015^a
Presence of hypertension	31 (34.8)	619 (18.8)	< 0.001^a
Presence of cardiovascular disease	33 (37.1)	742 (22.5)	0.001^a
Presence of pulmonary disease	3 (3.4)	100 (3.0)	0.752
Presence of diabetes	8 (9)	224 (6.8)	0.419
Reflux symptoms	3 (3.4)	163 (4.9)	0.801
Waist			< 0.001^a
Normal (< 90 cm for male, < 80 cm for female)	52 (58.4)	2566 (77.9)
Obese (≥ 90 cm for male, ≥ 80 cm for female)	37 (41.6)	730 (22.1)
Body fat percentage			0.072
Normal (< 25 cm for male, < 30 cm for female)	50 (56.8)	2163 (66)
Obese (≥ 25 cm for male, ≥ 30 cm for female)	38 (43.2)	1113 (34)
Body mass index			0.002^a
Normal (BMI < 24)	33 (37.1)	1818 (55.2)
Overweight (24 ≤ BMI < 27)	34 (38.2)	960 (29.1)
Obese (27 ≤ BMI)	22 (24.7)	518 (15.7)
H. pylori infection	14 (15.7)	603 (18.3)	0.536
Endoscopic findings
Reflux esophagitis	31 (34.8)	608 (18.4)	< 0.001^a
Hiatal hernia	71 (79.8)	1739 (52.8)	< 0.001^a
Gastritis	68 (76.4)	2263 (68.7)	0.119
Gastric ulcer	45 (50.6)	1345 (40.8)	0.065
Duodenal ulcer	5 (5.6)	218 (6.6)	0.709
Gastric and duodenal ulcer	47 (52.8)	1421 (43.1)	0.069
Inlet patch	8 (9)	167 (5.1)	0.137

^aP < 0.05. BMI: Body mass index; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; SD: Standard deviation.

Citation: Chen YH, Yu HC, Lin KH, Lin HS, Hsu PI. Prevalence and risk factors for Barrett’s esophagus in Taiwan. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(25): 3231-3241
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i25/3231.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i25.3231

Chen YH, Yu HC, Lin KH, Lin HS, Hsu PI. Prevalence and risk factors for Barrett’s esophagus in Taiwan. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(25): 3231-3241 [PMID: 31333314 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i25.3231]

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