Epidemiology and symptom profile of gastroesophageal reflux in the Indian population: Report of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Task Force

• Published in: Indian journal of gastroenterology Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 118 - 127
• Main Authors: Bhatia, Shobna J., Reddy, D. Nageshwar, Ghoshal, Uday C., Jayanthi, V., Abraham, Philip, Choudhuri, Gourdas, Broor, S. L., Ahuja, Vineet, Augustine, Philip, Balakrishnan, V., Bhasin, D. K., Bhat, Naresh, Chacko, Ashok, Dadhich, Sunil, Dhali, G. K., Dhawan, Pankaj S., Dwivedi, Manisha, Goenka, Mahesh K., Koshy, Abraham, Kumar, Ajay, Misra, Sri Prakash, Mukewar, Shrikant, Raju, E. PedaVeer, Shenoy, K. T., Singh, S. P., Sood, Ajit, Srinivasan, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Springer-Verlag 01.05.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Diet; Female; Gastroenterology; Gastroesophageal Reflux - diagnosis; Gastroesophageal Reflux - epidemiology; Gastroesophageal Reflux - therapy; Heartburn - etiology; Hepatology; Humans; India - epidemiology; ISG Task Force Report; Life Style; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Sickness Impact Profile; Societies, Medical; Surveys and Questionnaires; India; Asia; Epidemiology; Heartburn; Risk factors; Esophagus

Background Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its complications are thought to be infrequent in India; there are no data from India on the prevalence of and risk factors for GERD. The Indian Society of Gastroenterology formed a task force aiming to study: (a) the frequency and profile of GER...