Table 3.

Reported prevalence of esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus in different populations based on endoscopy study.

	Region	Sample size (n)	Prevalence n (%) of
			Esophagitis	Barrett's
Rajendra et al. [3]	Northwestern Peninsular Malaysia	1985	121 (6.1)	123 (6.2)
Rosaida and Goh [4]	Klang Valley, Peninsular Malaysia	1000	134 (13.4)	20 (2.0)
Current study	Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia	1895	104 (5.49)	15 (0.79)
Xiong et al. [14]	Guangzhou, China	2022	68 (3.4)	21 (1.0)
Wong et al. [15]	Hong Kong	16606	631 (3.8)	10 (0.06)
Yeh et al. [16]	Taiwan	464	66 (14.5)	9 (2.0)
Yilmaz et al. [17]	Turkey	18,766	2402 (12.8)	280 (1.5)
Ronkainen et al. [18]	Sweden	1000	155 (15.5)	16 (1.6)
Rex et al. [19]	USA	961	155 (16.1)	65 (6.8)