J Korean Acad Fam Med.  2001 Nov;22(11):1647-1655.

The prevalence and associated factors of reflux esophagitis in routine check-up subjects

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  • 1Department of Family Medicine, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: It was known that the prevalence of reflux esophagitis in Korea was below 5% and there were few epidemiological data on feflux esophagitis in Korea. It was reported that the associated factors of reflux exophagitis were sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, drugs, exercise, diet habits, but the nuvber of systematic studies on these factors was small. Thus, we studied to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of reflux esophagitis in Korea.
METHODS
We examined 5,487 subjects (male 3,450, female 2,037, age;18082 year) visting health promotion center for routine check-up including esophagogastroduodenoscopy. All of them were given a questionnaire about past medical history, use of drugs, smoking, alcohol consumption, social history, diet habits. We recruited 275 cases with reflux esophagitis and 550 controls without refoux esophagitis on esophagogastroduodenoscopy. We estimated the prevalence of reflux esophagitis and performed retrospectively a cross-sectional study to evaluate the associated factors of reflux esophagitis.
RESULTS
The prevalence of reflux esophagitis was 5.01%, 7.10% in male, 1.47% in female. The prevalence in male was significantly higher than that in female (p<0.05). The associated factors of reflux esophagitis were smoking, alcohol consumption, serum total cholesterol, triglyceride(p<0.05). It was investigated that the cases with reflux esophagitis in relation to diet habits ate more frequently fried foods in oil, Chinese dishes than controls(p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
The prevalence of reflux esophagitis in routine check-up subjects was 5.01%. The associated factors of refoux esophagitis were smoking, alcohol consumption, serum total cholesterol, triglyceride.

Keyword

reflux esophagitis; prevalence; associated factor

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Drinking
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Cholesterol
Cross-Sectional Studies
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Esophagitis
Esophagitis, Peptic*
Female
Food Habits
Health Promotion
Humans
Korea
Male
Obesity
Prevalence*
Retrospective Studies
Smoke
Smoking
Triglycerides
Surveys and Questionnaires
Cholesterol
Smoke
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