| Title |
Association between obesity and Barrett’s esophagus in a Japanese population: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-13-143 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jiro Watari, Kazutoshi Hori, Fumihiko Toyoshima, Noriko Kamiya, Takahisa Yamasaki, Takuya Okugawa, Haruki Asano, Zhao Liang Li, Takashi Kondo, Hisatomo Ikehara, Jun Sakurai, Toshihiko Tomita, Tadayuki Oshima, Hirokazu Fukui, Hiroto Miwa |
| Abstract |
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. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 27% |
| Researcher | 6 | 27% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 9% |
| Librarian | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 5 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 45% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 36% |