Table 1.
Prevalence of gastrointestinal disease in obese versus non-obese groups.
| Upper gastrointestinal disease (n = 18792) | Obesity group (n = 4415) | Nonobesity group (n = 14377) | P value |
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| RE (n = 4355) | 1427 (32.3%) | 2928 (20.3%) | <0.0001 |
| Hiatal hernia (n = 4731) | 1465 (33.1%) | 3266 (22.7%) | <0.0001 |
| Barrett's esophagus (n = 1492) | 407 (9.2%) | 1085 (7.5%) | 0.0004 |
| Gastric ulcer and/or gastric ulcer scar (n = 158) | 40 (0.9%) | 118 (0.8%) | 0.5727 |
| Duodenal ulcer and/or duodenal ulcer scar (n = 1353) | 313 (7.0%) | 1040 (7.2%) | 0.7646 |
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| Lower gastrointestinal disease (n = 1586) | Obesity group (n = 456) | Non-obesity group (n = 1130) | P value |
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| Colorectal adenoma (n = 495) | 168 (36.8%) | 327 (28.9%) | 0.0023 |
| Diverticula of colon (n = 182) | 60 (13.1%) | 122 (10.7%) | 0.1919 |