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The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger?
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease globally with increasing prevalence and consequently greater burden on the Healthcare system. Traditionally, GERD has been considered a disease of middle-aged and older people. Since risk factors for GERD affect a growing nu...
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Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347935 http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm18140 |
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author | Yamasaki, Takahisa Hemond, Colin Eisa, Mohamed Ganocy, Stephen Fass, Ronnie |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease globally with increasing prevalence and consequently greater burden on the Healthcare system. Traditionally, GERD has been considered a disease of middle-aged and older people. Since risk factors for GERD affect a growing number of the adult population, concerns have been raised that increasingly younger people may develop GERD. We aim to determine if the proportion of younger patients has increased among the GERD population. METHODS: The incidence of GERD as well as several variables were evaluated during an 11-year period. Explorys was used to evaluate datasets at a “Universal” and Healthcare system in northern Ohio to determine if trends at a local level reflected those at a universal level. GERD patients were classified into 7 age groups (15–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, and ≥70 years). RESULTS: The proportion of patients with GERD increased in all age groups, except for those who were ≥70 years in the universal dataset (P < 0.001) and those who were ≥60 years in the Healthcare system (P < 0.001). The greatest rise was seen in 30–39 years in both datasets (P < 0.001). Similarly, the proportion of GERD patients who were using proton pump inhibitors increased in all age groups except for those who were ≥70 years in both datasets (P < 0.001), with the greatest increase being the group 30–39 years (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of younger patients with GERD, especially those within the age range of 30–39 years. |
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spelling | pubmed-61755652018-10-17 The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? Yamasaki, Takahisa Hemond, Colin Eisa, Mohamed Ganocy, Stephen Fass, Ronnie J Neurogastroenterol Motil Original Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease globally with increasing prevalence and consequently greater burden on the Healthcare system. Traditionally, GERD has been considered a disease of middle-aged and older people. Since risk factors for GERD affect a growing number of the adult population, concerns have been raised that increasingly younger people may develop GERD. We aim to determine if the proportion of younger patients has increased among the GERD population. METHODS: The incidence of GERD as well as several variables were evaluated during an 11-year period. Explorys was used to evaluate datasets at a “Universal” and Healthcare system in northern Ohio to determine if trends at a local level reflected those at a universal level. GERD patients were classified into 7 age groups (15–19, 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, and ≥70 years). RESULTS: The proportion of patients with GERD increased in all age groups, except for those who were ≥70 years in the universal dataset (P < 0.001) and those who were ≥60 years in the Healthcare system (P < 0.001). The greatest rise was seen in 30–39 years in both datasets (P < 0.001). Similarly, the proportion of GERD patients who were using proton pump inhibitors increased in all age groups except for those who were ≥70 years in both datasets (P < 0.001), with the greatest increase being the group 30–39 years (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of younger patients with GERD, especially those within the age range of 30–39 years. Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility 2018-10 2018-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6175565/ /pubmed/30347935 http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm18140 Text en © 2018 The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Yamasaki, Takahisa Hemond, Colin Eisa, Mohamed Ganocy, Stephen Fass, Ronnie The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title | The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title_full | The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title_fullStr | The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title_full_unstemmed | The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title_short | The Changing Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Are Patients Getting Younger? |
title_sort | changing epidemiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease: are patients getting younger? |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6175565/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347935 http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm18140 |
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