Profile of GERD in the adult population of a north east urban community

Ramesh Srinivasan, Radu Tutuian, Philip Schoenfeld, Marcelo F. Vela, June A. Castell, Thomas Isaac, Irfan Galaria, Philip O. Katz, Donald O. Castell

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Abstract

Study: An observational, cross-sectional, epidemiologystudy of the characteristics of GERD in a large northeast urban population was performed using a self-responding 84-question survey. Four-hundred and ten surveys were completed from a population sample with demographics comparable to those of the 1990 US Census data. Results: No differences in heartburn frequency (monthly) were found between white or black, male or female respondents. Heartburn was significantly (P = 0.01) less common in those over age 60 (36.9%) than in young (47.7%) or middle-age (57.3%) respondents. Impact of heartburn on social activities was less (P = 0.002) in the over 60 group (4.9%) compared with the young (19.3%) or middle-age (20.0%) groups. Although 49.8% of respondents were familiar to the term GERD, few were aware that swallowing difficulty (17.3%), asthma (9.3%) or hoarseness (11.5%) were possible symptoms and similar numbers considered stroke (33.2%) and cancer (31.7%) to be complications of GERD. Conclusions: Frequency of GERD symptoms in the United States is unaffected by gender or race but is lower in the elderly.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)651-657
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of clinical gastroenterology
Volume38
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004

Keywords

  • Epidemiology
  • Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease
  • Survey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gastroenterology

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