Research Article
Obesity and Gastrointestinal Diseases
Table 1
Prevalence of gastrointestinal disease in obese versus non-obese groups.
| | Upper gastrointestinal disease () | Obesity group () | Nonobesity group () | value |
| | RE () | 1427 (32.3%) | 2928 (20.3%) | <0.0001 | | Hiatal hernia () | 1465 (33.1%) | 3266 (22.7%) | <0.0001 | | Barrett’s esophagus () | 407 (9.2%) | 1085 (7.5%) | 0.0004 | | Gastric ulcer and/or gastric ulcer scar () | 40 (0.9%) | 118 (0.8%) | 0.5727 | | Duodenal ulcer and/or duodenal ulcer scar () | 313 (7.0%) | 1040 (7.2%) | 0.7646 |
| | Lower gastrointestinal disease () | Obesity group () | Non-obesity group () | value |
| | Colorectal adenoma () | 168 (36.8%) | 327 (28.9%) | 0.0023 | | Diverticula of colon () | 60 (13.1%) | 122 (10.7%) | 0.1919 |
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