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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2009 Mar 3;54(5):10.1007/s10620-009-0742-3. doi: 10.1007/s10620-009-0742-3

Table 1.

Overall prevalence of findings and selected indications by race/ethnicity

Total N (%) White, NHa N (%) Black, NHb N (%) Hispanic N (%) Asian/PI N (%) P-value
Totals 280,075 229,725 21,415 23,136 5,799
Esophagitis 48,314(17.3) 39,841(17.3) 3,384(15.8) 4,536(19.6) 553(9.5) <0.0001
Suspected Barrett’s esophagus 12,538(4.5) 11,423(5.0) 331(1.5) 679(2.9) 105(1.8) <0.0001
Esophageal structure 26,678(9.5) 24,525(10.7) 1,330(6.2) 719(3.1) 104(1.8) <0.0001
Hiatal hernia 91,905(32.8) 76,761(33.4) 6,245(6.2) 7,843(33.9) 1,056(18.2) <0.0001
Reflux symptoms 81,549(29.1) 69,650(30.3) 4,563(21.3) 6,217(26.9) 1119(19.3) <0.0001
Dyspepsia 29,696(10.6) 21,879(9.5) 1,951(9.1) 4,377(18.9) 1,489(25.7) <0.0001
Screening for BE 4,042(1.4) 3,623(1.6) 173(0.8) 197(0.9) 49(0.8) <0.0001
a

Indications and findings are not mutually exclusive

b

NH Non-Hispanic