Body measures in relation to gastro-oesophageal reflux
- 1 June 2007
- Vol. 56 (6) , 741-742
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.112243
Abstract
Association between overweight and gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) has become established in large‐scale analytical epidemiological research. There is a dose‐dependent association between increasing body mass index and GORDKeywords
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