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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Aug 30;111(11):1528–1535. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.348

Table 2.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for the Association Between Frequency of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use and Risk of Barrett's Esophagus Compared with GERD Controls

No. of studies OR (95% CI) I2 (95% UI) ORa (95% CI) I2 (95% UI)
Aspirin use
    Nonuser (< weekly use) 1.00 1.00
    At least weekly 5 1.18 (0.92-1.52) 57 (0-84) 1.04 (0.82-1.30) 40 (0-78)
        Weekly-<daily 4 1.17 (0.83-1.64) 13 (0-87) 1.06 (0.78-1.46) 2 (0-85)
        At least daily 4 0.97 (0.61-1.54) 72 (21-90) 0.83 (0.51-1.33) 69 (11-89)
    Duration of use
        <5 years 4 0.98 (0.61-1.58) 74 (26-91) 0.89 (0.53-1.48) 75 (30-91)
        ≥5 years 4 1.27 (1.02-1.59) 0 (0-78) 1.14 (0.90-1.45) 0 (0-73)
Non-aspirin NSAID use
    Nonuser (< weekly use) 1.00 1.00
    At least weekly 5 0.92 (0.69-1.23) 51 (0-82) 0.94 (0.76-1.16) 3 (0-80)
        Weekly-<daily 4 0.85 (0.62-1.15) 0 (0-82) 0.85 (0.62-1.18) 0 (0-80)
        At least daily 4 0.89 (0.56-1.43) 54 (0-85) 0.93 (0.62-1.39) 32 (0-76)
    Duration of use
        <5 years 4 0.83 (0.58-1.17) 30 (0-74) 0.84 (0.62-1.13) 0 (0-83)
        ≥5 years 4 0.97 (0.71-1.32) 0 (0-64) 1.00 (0.72-1.38) 0 (0-73)
Any NSAID use
    Nonuser (< weekly use) 1.00 1.00
    At least weekly 5 1.07 (0.86-1.34) 52 (0-82) 0.99 (0.82-1.19) 19 (0-83)
        Weekly-<daily 4 1.05 (0.81-1.36) 0 (0-39) 1.00 (0.76-1.31) 0 (0-17)
        At least daily 4 0.99 (0.71-1.38) 59 (0-86) 0.90 (0.68-1.20) 37 (0-78)
    Duration of use
        <5 years 4 0.84 (0.62-1.14) 44 (0-81) 0.79 (0.56-1.10) 48 (0-83)
        ≥5 years 4 1.12 (0.90-1.39) 0 (0-74) 1.03 (0.82-1.29) 0 (0-57)
a

Models included terms for age (<50, 50-59, 60-69, ≥70 years), sex (except NDB, all male), education (school only, tech/diploma, university), smoking status (never, former, current) and body mass index (<25, 25-29.9, ≥30 kg/m2).