Clinical characteristics and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease in Vietnamese patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Duc Trong QuachQuyen T T PhamTruc L T TranNhu T H VuQuang D LeDoan T N NguyenNgoc L B DangHuy M LeNhan Q LePublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2021)
The majority of GERD patients had none or mild mucosal injury. Typical reflux symptoms, however, may not be the chief complaints. Central obesity would be more important than general obesity as a risk factor, while H. pylori infection was a "protective" factor for GERD in Vietnamese patients.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- metabolic syndrome
- gastroesophageal reflux disease
- chronic kidney disease
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- weight loss
- peritoneal dialysis
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- body mass index
- depressive symptoms
- ulcerative colitis