Factors associated with the presentation of erosive esophagitis symptoms in health checkup subjects: A prospective, multicenter cohort study.
Naomi MochizukiTsuyoshi FujitaMasao KobayashiYukinao YamazakiShuichi TeraoTsuyoshi SanukiAkihiko OkadaMasayasu AdachiManabu MurakamiYoshifumi ArisakaKoji UnoAtsuhiro MasudaMasaru YoshidaEiji UmegakiHiromu KutsumiTakeshi AzumaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Approximately one-sixth of EE subjects were symptomatic. A multifactorial etiology, including factors unrelated to gastric acid secretion, was associated with the symptom presentation of EE subjects.