Prevalence of Barrett’s esophagus in patients with moderate to severe erosive esophagitis

Table 1 Procedural indications for the 169 study patients at index endoscopy

Indications	Number of patients
HB	65
HB + dysphagia	18
HB + abd. Pain	5
HB + hemetemesis	2
HB + N/V	1
HB + anemia	1
Dysphagia	29
Hemetemesis	16
N/V	6
Dyspepsia	6
Anemia	5
Melena	4
Abdominal pain	3
Odynophagia	2
Globus sensation	1
Chest pain	1
Cough/pyrosis	1
Variceal screening	1
Hemoccult positive stools	1
PEG	1

HB: Heartburn; N: Nausea; V: Vomiting; PEG: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.

Table 2 Demographic information of the patients undergoing index endoscopy (n = 169)

Patient demographics	BE group	Non BE group
	(n = 46)	(n = 123)
Mean age (yr)	57.2	58.6
Men (%)	100	95.9
Race
Caucasian (%)	87	87
Hispanic (%)	10.9	10.6
Black (%)	2.2	2.4
BMI (kg/m2 )	28.6	28.8
Hiatus hernia size1 (mean, cm)	3	2.5
% HH (P < 0.001)	90.2	72.6

¹5 Patients with unknown size HH.