Association between obesity and Barrett’s esophagus in a Japanese population: a hospital-based, cross-sectional study

Table 3 Predictors of the development of endoscopically suspected Barrett’s esophagus

A. Patients not taking proton pump inhibitors
	Univariate			Multivariate
	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Male sex	1.81	1.07–3.09	0.03	1.61	0.94–2.77	0.08
Reflux esophagitis	3.78	2.07–6.91	<0.0001	3.48	1.89–6.41	<0.0001
B. Patients regularly taking proton pump inhibitors
	Univariate			Multivariate
	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Reflux esophagitis	5.67	2.17–14.86	0.0004	5.67	2.17–14.86	0.0004
Large waist circumference *	5.08	2.10–12.33	0.0003	5.09	2.04–12.72	0.0005

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.
* Large waist circumference is defined as ≥ 85 cm for males and ≥ 90 cm for females.

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