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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2016 Aug 10;61(11):3221–3228. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4266-3

Table 2.

Prevalence of esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus in cohorts with and without GERD.

GERD Group (68) Non-GERD group
(137)
Comparison
p value

Esophagitis Prevalence 22 (32%) 40 (29%) 0.78
Grade A 8 21
Grade B 12 17
Grade C 2 2

BE Prevalence 6 (8.8%) 10 (7.3%) 0.49
Mean (SD) length (cm) 3.5 (2.4) 2.6 (1.4) 0.62
Dysplasia present (%) 1 (1.5%) 2 (1.5%)

Diaphragmatic hernia
Present (%) 44 (65%) 79 (58%) 0.26
Mean (SD) size (cm) 3.6 (2.1) 2.6 (0.9) 0.001*
*

p < 0.05 considered significant

Three cases of dysplasia were identified: 1 HGD located in SSBE and 2 LGD located in one SSBE and one LSBE

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