ASSOCIATION OF GENDER, ALCOHOLISM, PAN CHEWING, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIAAND HYPERTENSION WITH GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) AND UPPER GI ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN GERD- A CASE CONTROL STUDY-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

ASSOCIATION OF GENDER, ALCOHOLISM, PAN CHEWING, HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIAAND HYPERTENSION WITH GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (GERD) AND UPPER GI ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN GERD- A CASE CONTROL STUDY

Published:2021-09-01 Issue: Volume: Page:17-18
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Author:

K N Sreekala¹,C Das Cinthya²

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum.

2. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum

Abstract

This was a case control study conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Kerala to nd out the factors that can cause GERD among 138 subjects after getting Institutional Ethics Committee permission and Informed consent from the subjects. Data was collected with the help of questionnaire and also from the medical records. Data was analysed in the SPSS software; proportions and Odds ratio with 95% condence interval were calculated. Pan chewing and Hypercholesterolemia were found to be associated with GERD and 24% of the patients had Barrett’s esophagus on upper GI endoscopy

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World Wide Journals

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