Association between obesity and Barrett’s esophagus in a Japanese population: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The association between obesity and Barrett’s esophagus (BE) in the Japanese population remains unclear. The prevalence of BE and its associated risk factors was examined. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 1581 consecutive individuals who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was...

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Autores principales: Watari, Jiro, Hori, Kazutoshi, Toyoshima, Fumihiko, Kamiya, Noriko, Yamasaki, Takahisa, Okugawa, Takuya, Asano, Haruki, Li, Zhao Liang, Kondo, Takashi, Ikehara, Hisatomo, Sakurai, Jun, Tomita, Toshihiko, Oshima, Tadayuki, Fukui, Hirokazu, Miwa, Hiroto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-13-143

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24070185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-13-143

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