Table 1.

 Patient characteristics and clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological findings for the 929 patients included in the study

Clinical data
Sex (M/F)	51.3%/48.7%
Age (y) (mean (SD))	50.1 (13.6)
Heartburn at least once a week:	58.8%
Use of proton pump inhibitors:	24.4%
Endoscopic findings
Hiatal hernia	39.2%
Reflux oesophagitis	19.7%
Suspicion of Barrett’s oesophagus (long/short)	11.8% (2.0%/9.8%)
Histopathological findings
Intestinal metaplasia at the OGJ	16.3%
Helicobacter pylori associated gastritis	33.4%
Intestinal metaplasia in the stomach	15.0%

OGJ, oesophagogastric junction.