Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease in Iran: A cross-sectional analysis from the PERSIAN cohort.
Anahita SadeghiParia BoustaniAli MehrpourAli Ali AsgariMaryam SharafkhahAbbas YazdanbodMohammad Hossein SomiAbdol Azim NejatizadehFarhad MoradpourMehdi RezaeianFariborz Mansour-GhanaeiArman ShahriariMohammad Reza FattahiBehrooz HamzehSeyed Vahid HosseiniMahmood KahnoojiAli GohariMohammadreza KhosravifarsaniHossein AzadehMohammad Reza PashaeiEshagh Moradi SheibaniHossein FallahzadehAlireza BakhshipourHossein PoustchiReza MalekzadehPublished in: PloS one (2024)
We found a relatively high prevalence of GERD (21.86%) in this population-based study in Iran. By identifying modifiable risk factors, this research offers opportunities for targeted interventions and lifestyle modifications to reduce the burden of GERD.