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The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population

The relationship between food and the pathophysiological mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is unclear. There are few data on the impact of dietary habits on GERD symptoms and on the incidence of GERD in subjects undergoing plant-based diets. In this study, we investigated the asso...

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Autores principales: Rizzo, Gianluca, Baroni, Luciana, Bonetto, Chiara, Visaggi, Pierfrancesco, Orazzini, Mattia, Solinas, Irene, Guidi, Giada, Pugliese, Jessica, Scaramuzza, Giulia, Ovidi, Filippo, Buselli, Irene, Bellini, Massimo, Savarino, Edoardo V., de Bortoli, Nicola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10674515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38004119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15224725
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author Rizzo, Gianluca
Baroni, Luciana
Bonetto, Chiara
Visaggi, Pierfrancesco
Orazzini, Mattia
Solinas, Irene
Guidi, Giada
Pugliese, Jessica
Scaramuzza, Giulia
Ovidi, Filippo
Buselli, Irene
Bellini, Massimo
Savarino, Edoardo V.
de Bortoli, Nicola
author_facet Rizzo, Gianluca
Baroni, Luciana
Bonetto, Chiara
Visaggi, Pierfrancesco
Orazzini, Mattia
Solinas, Irene
Guidi, Giada
Pugliese, Jessica
Scaramuzza, Giulia
Ovidi, Filippo
Buselli, Irene
Bellini, Massimo
Savarino, Edoardo V.
de Bortoli, Nicola
author_sort Rizzo, Gianluca
collection PubMed
description The relationship between food and the pathophysiological mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is unclear. There are few data on the impact of dietary habits on GERD symptoms and on the incidence of GERD in subjects undergoing plant-based diets. In this study, we investigated the association between diet and GERD, using data collected through an online survey of the Italian general population. In total, 1077 subjects participated in the study. GERD was defined according to the Montreal Consensus. For all subjects age, gender, body mass index (BMI), marital status, education, occupation, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits were recorded. All participants also completed the SF-36 questionnaire on Quality of Life. A total of 402 subjects (37.3%) were vegans and 675 (62.7%) non-vegans. The prevalence of GERD in the total population was 9%. Subjects with GERD-related symptoms recorded a worse quality of life according to SF-36 analysis (p < 0.05 for all dimensions). In multivariate analysis, after adjusting for confounders, participants undergoing a vegan diet had a significantly lower risk of GERD (OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.28–0.81, p = 0.006). These findings should be taken into account to inform the lifestyle management of GERD.
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spelling pubmed-106745152023-11-08 The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population Rizzo, Gianluca Baroni, Luciana Bonetto, Chiara Visaggi, Pierfrancesco Orazzini, Mattia Solinas, Irene Guidi, Giada Pugliese, Jessica Scaramuzza, Giulia Ovidi, Filippo Buselli, Irene Bellini, Massimo Savarino, Edoardo V. de Bortoli, Nicola Nutrients Article The relationship between food and the pathophysiological mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is unclear. There are few data on the impact of dietary habits on GERD symptoms and on the incidence of GERD in subjects undergoing plant-based diets. In this study, we investigated the association between diet and GERD, using data collected through an online survey of the Italian general population. In total, 1077 subjects participated in the study. GERD was defined according to the Montreal Consensus. For all subjects age, gender, body mass index (BMI), marital status, education, occupation, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits were recorded. All participants also completed the SF-36 questionnaire on Quality of Life. A total of 402 subjects (37.3%) were vegans and 675 (62.7%) non-vegans. The prevalence of GERD in the total population was 9%. Subjects with GERD-related symptoms recorded a worse quality of life according to SF-36 analysis (p < 0.05 for all dimensions). In multivariate analysis, after adjusting for confounders, participants undergoing a vegan diet had a significantly lower risk of GERD (OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.28–0.81, p = 0.006). These findings should be taken into account to inform the lifestyle management of GERD. MDPI 2023-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10674515/ /pubmed/38004119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15224725 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rizzo, Gianluca
Baroni, Luciana
Bonetto, Chiara
Visaggi, Pierfrancesco
Orazzini, Mattia
Solinas, Irene
Guidi, Giada
Pugliese, Jessica
Scaramuzza, Giulia
Ovidi, Filippo
Buselli, Irene
Bellini, Massimo
Savarino, Edoardo V.
de Bortoli, Nicola
The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title_full The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title_fullStr The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title_full_unstemmed The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title_short The Role of a Plant-Only (Vegan) Diet in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Online Survey of the Italian General Population
title_sort role of a plant-only (vegan) diet in gastroesophageal reflux disease: online survey of the italian general population
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10674515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38004119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15224725
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