Risk Profiles for Barrett's Esophagus Differ between New and Prevalent, and Long- and Short-Segment Cases.

Mimi C TanJackson Murrey-IttmannTheresa NguyenGyanprakash A KetwarooHashem B El-SeragAaron P Thrift

Published in: PloS one (2016)

We found differences in the strength and profiles of risk factors for BE. The findings support that epidemiological studies of BE should make a distinction between long and short, new and prevalent, endoscopy-only and BE with SIM as well as type of controls.

Keyphrases

small bowel
case control