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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 Aug 12;117(11):1764–1771. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001935

Table 4:

Yield of finding Barrett’s esophagus per 100 upper endoscopies based on additive body mass index (BMI) and smoking status risk factors to the baseline study population of Caucasian men, >50 years of age with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Body mass index (BMI) Categories
Normal Overweight Obese Overweight/Obese All
Never Smoker 7.69 [0.95, 25.13] 7.89 [2.95, 16.40] 4.48 [0.93, 12.53] 6.29 [2.92, 11.61] 6.51 [3.29, 11.35]
Former Smoker 6.90 [0.85, 22.77] 10.14 [4.18, 19.79] 13.58 [6.98, 23.00] 12.00 [7.27, 18.30] 11.17 [6.96, 16.73]
Current Smoker 8.33 [1.03, 27.00] 22.73 [7.82, 45.37] 13.64 [2.91, 34.91] 18.18 [8.19, 32.71] 14.71 [7.28, 25.39]
Ever Smoker 7.55 [2.09, 18.21] 13.19 [7.00, 21.90] 13.59 [7.63, 21.75] 13.40 [8.95, 19.02] 12.15 [8.35, 16.88]
All 7.59 [2.84, 15.80] 10.78 [6.51, 16.50] 10.00 [5.93, 15.53] 10.39 [7.34, 14.15] 9.86 [7.17, 13.13]