The Association between Childhood Overweight and Reflux Esophagitis

Table 1

Characteristics of study population.

Characteristics	Number of patients
Study population	230
Age
2–10 years	97 (42.2%)
11–19 years	133 (57.8%)
Gender
Female	116 (50.4%)
Male	114 (49.6%)
Indications
Abdominal pain	151 (65.7%)
Clinical GERD symptoms	51 (22.2%)
Weight loss	18 (7.8%)
Other (UGI bleeding, Crohn’s disease)	8 (3.5%)
Rule out allergy	2 (0.8%)
BMI
Normal BMI (5%–85%ile)	163 (70.9%)
At risk for overweight (85–95%ile)	29 (12.6%)
Overweight ($>$95%ile)	38 (16.5%)
RE
No	174 (75.7%)
Yes	56 (24.3%)
Antireflux medication use
No	101 (43.9%)
Yes	129 (56.1%)