Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 34-41, July 2007

Abdominal Obesity and Body Mass Index as Risk Factors for Barrett’s Esophagus

  • Douglas A. Corley

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
    • Department of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Douglas A. Corley, MD, PhD, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, California 94612.
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  • Ai Kubo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • Theodore R. Levin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
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  • Gladys Block

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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  • Laurel Habel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
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  • Wei Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
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  • Pat Leighton

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
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  • Charles Quesenberry

      Affiliations

    • Division of Research, Oakland, California
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  • Greg J. Rumore

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
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  • Patricia A. Buffler

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California

Received 17 November 2006; accepted 5 April 2007. published online 26 April 2007.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grants RO1 DK63616 and K08 DK02697.The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The sponsor reviewed the study design but had no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data, in the writing of the report, or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

PII: S0016-5085(07)00832-3

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2007.04.046

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Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 34-41, July 2007

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