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] |