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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2015 Feb 17;148(5):912–923. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.02.012

Table 1.

Recommendations for BE Screening

Society Year Screening for
general population		 Targeted population for screening
American College of Gastroenterology 2008 Not recommended To be established
American Gastroenterological Association 2011 Not recommended Patients with multiple risk factors (age older than 50
 years, white race, male sex, chronic GERD, hiatal
 hernia, obesity)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2012 Not recommended Patients with multiple risk factors
British Society of Gastroenterology 2013 Not recommended Patients with GERD and at least 3 of the following risk
 factors: age older than 50 years, white race, male
 sex, and obesity; threshold to be lowered in case of
 family history

NOTE. Other European society guidelines are currently under preparation.