Influence of hiatal hernia and male sex on the relationship between alcohol intake and occurrence of Barrett's esophagus.

The association of alcohol intake with the incidence of Barrett's esophagus (BE) has been inconsistent. Although hiatal hernia and male sex are well-known risk factors of BE, its effect on the association of alcohol intake with the incidence of BE remains unknown.To investigate whether the infl...

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Main Authors: Atsuhiro Masuda, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Manabu Murakami, Yukinao Yamazaki, Masao Kobayashi, Shuichi Terao, Tsuyoshi Sanuki, Akihiko Okada, Masayasu Adachi, Hideyuki Shiomi, Yoshifumi Arisaka, Hiromu Kutsumi, Eiji Umegaki, Takeshi Azuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5814023?pdf=render