Body mass index and chronic unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms: an adult endoscopic population based study.

PubWeight™: 1.06‹?› | Rank: Top 15%

🔗 View Article (PMC 1774688)

Published in Gut on May 25, 2005

Authors

P Aro1, J Ronkainen, N J Talley, T Storskrubb, E Bolling-Sternevald, L Agréus

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Family Medicine, Karolinska Institiutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

Articles citing this

Nonerosive Reflux Disease (NERD) - An Update. J Neurogastroenterol Motil (2010) 1.04

The pathophysiological mechanisms of GERD in the obese patient. Dig Dis Sci (2008) 0.94

Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in adolescents at Lacor Hospital, Uganda. Afr Health Sci (2006) 0.90

The role of obesity in oesophageal cancer development. Therap Adv Gastroenterol (2014) 0.90

Differences in clinical characteristics between patients with non-erosive reflux disease and erosive esophagitis in Korea. J Korean Med Sci (2010) 0.83

Dysmotility Symptoms Are Independently Associated With Weight Change: A Population-based Study of Australian Adults. J Neurogastroenterol Motil (2015) 0.83

The relationship between obesity and functional gastrointestinal disorders: causation, association, or neither? Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2008) 0.83

Obesity and irritable bowel syndrome: a comprehensive review. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2014) 0.82

Gastrointestinal issues in the assessment and management of the obese patient. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y) (2007) 0.80

Natural history of heartburn: a 10-year population-based study. World J Gastroenterol (2011) 0.78

Comparison of Direct Medical Care Costs Between Erosive Reflux Disease and Non-erosive Reflux Disease in Korean Tertiary Medical Center. J Neurogastroenterol Motil (2010) 0.76

Effect of body mass index and intra-abdominal fat measured by computed tomography on the risk of bowel symptoms. PLoS One (2015) 0.75

Sex-related differences in small intestinal transit and serotonin dynamics in high-fat-diet-induced obesity in mice. Exp Physiol (2015) 0.75

Measures of adiposity are associated with increased risk of peptic ulcer. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2014) 0.75

The Effects of Bariatric Procedures on Bowel Habit. Obes Surg (2016) 0.75

Body mass index association with functional gastrointestinal disorders: differences between genders. Results from a study in a tertiary center. J Gastroenterol (2015) 0.75

Gastrointestinal Complications of Obesity. Gastroenterology (2017) 0.75

Oral soft tissue disorders are associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease: retrospective study. BMC Gastroenterol (2017) 0.75

Diarrhea after bariatric procedures: Diagnosis and therapy. World J Gastroenterol (2017) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000. JAMA (2002) 33.23

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA (2004) 25.36

Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 8.64

Prevalence and clinical spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Gastroenterology (1997) 8.51

Symptoms in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Lancet (1990) 4.10

Increased consumption of refined carbohydrates and the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the United States: an ecologic assessment. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 3.96

Irritable bowel syndrome and dyspepsia in the general population: overlap and lack of stability over time. Gastroenterology (1995) 3.86

Symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux: incidence and precipitating factors. Am J Dig Dis (1976) 3.71

The epidemic of obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2004) 3.53

Health-related quality of life varies among obese subgroups. Obes Res (2002) 3.05

The usefulness of a structured questionnaire in the assessment of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease. Scand J Gastroenterol (1998) 3.04

Risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome: role of analgesics and food sensitivities. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 2.89

Report of the Asia-Pacific consensus on the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2004) 2.86

Obesity and estrogen as risk factors for gastroesophageal reflux symptoms. JAMA (2003) 2.77

Risk factors associated with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux. Am J Med (1999) 2.75

Dyspepsia in England and Scotland. Gut (1990) 2.73

Relationship between body mass and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms: The Bristol Helicobacter Project. Int J Epidemiol (2003) 2.46

No relation between body mass and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms in a Swedish population based study. Gut (2000) 2.16

High prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms and esophagitis with or without symptoms in the general adult Swedish population: a Kalixanda study report. Scand J Gastroenterol (2005) 2.13

Obesity and chronic gastrointestinal tract symptoms in young adults: a birth cohort study. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 2.05

Obesity is associated with increased risk of gastrointestinal symptoms: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.86

Natural history of gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional abdominal disorders: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.84

Increasing trends of obesity in Sweden between 1996/97 and 2000/01. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2004) 1.83

Association between medications that relax the lower esophageal sphincter and risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma. Ann Intern Med (2000) 1.83

Gender, race, and obesity-related quality of life at extreme levels of obesity. Obes Res (2004) 1.50

Valid symptom reporting at upper endoscopy in a random sample of the Swedish adult general population: the Kalixanda study. Scand J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.49

Identification of distinct upper and lower gastrointestinal symptom groupings in an urban population. Gut (1998) 1.48

Overweight, but not high dietary fat intake, increases risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease hospitalization: the NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study. First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Ann Epidemiol (1999) 1.43

Isosorbide dinitrate and nifedipine treatment of achalasia: a clinical, manometric and radionuclide evaluation. Gastroenterology (1982) 1.36

Reproducibility and validity of a postal questionnaire. The abdominal symptom study. Scand J Prim Health Care (1993) 1.35

Relationship between body mass index, diet, exercise and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms in a community. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2004) 1.33

Body mass and reflux oesophagitis: an oestrogen-dependent association? Scand J Gastroenterol (2002) 1.31

Diet, food intake, and disturbed physiology in the pathogenesis of symptoms in functional dyspepsia. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.27

Accelerated regional bowel transit and overweight shown in idiopathic bile acid malabsorption. Am J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.15

Gastric distension and gastric capacity in relation to food intake in humans. Physiol Behav (1988) 1.15

Association of upper and lower gastrointestinal tract symptoms with body mass index in an Australian cohort. Neurogastroenterol Motil (2004) 1.11

Gastric distention by balloon and test-meal intake in obese and lean subjects. Am J Clin Nutr (1988) 1.08

Identifying dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome: the value of pain or discomfort, and bowel habit descriptors. Scand J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.08

Ethnic differences in the prevalence of endoscopic esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus: the long and short of it all. Dig Dis Sci (2004) 1.04

Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in obese and normal weight binge eaters. Am J Gastroenterol (1994) 1.02

Pathophysiology as a basis for understanding symptom complexes and therapeutic targets. Neurogastroenterol Motil (2004) 1.00

Physical and psychological consequences of weight gain. J Clin Psychiatry (1999) 0.95

Gastrointestinal motility in obesity. J Intern Med (1995) 0.92

The stomach signals satiety. Science (1978) 0.90

Preliminary studies on the gastrointestinal responses to fatty meals in obese people. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1993) 0.89

The effect of terbutaline sulfate, nitroglycerin, and aminophylline on lower esophageal sphincter pressure and radionuclide esophageal emptying in patients with achalasia. J Clin Gastroenterol (1987) 0.86

Oesophageal reflux and asthma. Eur Respir J (1996) 0.83

Effect of diazepam on the lower esophageal sphincter. A double-blind controlled study. Am J Gastroenterol (1980) 0.82

Effects of pirenzepine and atropine on basal lower esophageal pressure and gastric acid secretion in man: a placebo-controlled randomized study. Dig Dis (1991) 0.76

Articles by these authors

Prevalence and clinical spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Gastroenterology (1997) 8.51

U.S. householder survey of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Prevalence, sociodemography, and health impact. Dig Dis Sci (1993) 7.98

Lack of effect of treating Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with nonulcer dyspepsia. Omeprazole plus Clarithromycin and Amoxicillin Effect One Year after Treatment (OCAY) Study Group. N Engl J Med (1998) 4.66

Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with Chinese herbal medicine: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (1998) 4.62

The efficacy of probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review. Gut (2008) 3.92

Efficacy of antidepressants and psychological therapies in irritable bowel syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis. Gut (2008) 3.81

Prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms associated with diabetes mellitus: a population-based survey of 15,000 adults. Arch Intern Med (2001) 3.68

A new questionnaire for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Mayo Clin Proc (1994) 3.14

The usefulness of a structured questionnaire in the assessment of symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease. Scand J Gastroenterol (1998) 3.04

Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastric carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol (1999) 3.01

Initial endoscopy or empirical therapy with or without testing for Helicobacter pylori for dyspepsia: a decision analysis. Gastroenterology (1996) 3.00

The brain--gut pathway in functional gastrointestinal disorders is bidirectional: a 12-year prospective population-based study. Gut (2012) 2.96

Risk factors for irritable bowel syndrome: role of analgesics and food sensitivities. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 2.89

Diagnostic utility of alarm features for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis. Gut (2008) 2.82

Sexual and physical abuse and gastrointestinal illness. Review and recommendations. Ann Intern Med (1995) 2.78

Risk factors associated with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux. Am J Med (1999) 2.75

The outcome of patients with oesophageal eosinophilic infiltration after an eight-week trial of a proton pump inhibitor. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2013) 2.73

Drug treatment of functional dyspepsia: a systematic analysis of trial methodology with recommendations for design of future trials. Am J Gastroenterol (1996) 2.73

The irritable bowel syndrome: long-term prognosis and the physician-patient interaction. Ann Intern Med (1995) 2.73

Review article: Associations between Helicobacter pylori and obesity--an ecological study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2014) 2.69

Risk of developing colorectal cancer and benign colorectal neoplasm in patients with chronic constipation. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2014) 2.67

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in specific forms of gastritis. Further evidence supporting a pathogenic role for H. pylori in chronic nonspecific gastritis. Dig Dis Sci (1991) 2.67

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in functional dyspepsia: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial with 12 months' follow up. The Optimal Regimen Cures Helicobacter Induced Dyspepsia (ORCHID) Study Group. BMJ (1999) 2.66

Menetrier's disease: a form of hypertrophic gastropathy or gastritis? Gastroenterology (1993) 2.52

Report of the 1997 Asia Pacific Consensus Conference on the management of Helicobacter pylori infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (1998) 2.38

Functional dyspepsia: the economic impact to patients. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2013) 2.36

Systemic review: the prevalence and clinical course of functional dyspepsia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2004) 2.35

Cost-effectiveness of cimetidine maintenance therapy in chronic gastric and duodenal ulcer. Gastroenterology (1990) 2.32

Oesophageal narrowing is common and frequently under-appreciated at endoscopy in patients with oesophageal eosinophilia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2014) 2.30

Development and validation of a patient-assessed gastroparesis symptom severity measure: the Gastroparesis Cardinal Symptom Index. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2003) 2.28

A comparison of the Rome and Manning criteria for case identification in epidemiological investigations of irritable bowel syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 2.27

Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia patients. Psychometric documentation of a new disease-specific questionnaire (QOLRAD). Eur J Surg Suppl (1998) 2.26

Initial validation of a diagnostic questionnaire for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 2.23

Irritable bowel syndrome in twins: heredity and social learning both contribute to etiology. Gastroenterology (2001) 2.22

AGA technical review: evaluation of dyspepsia. American Gastroenterological Association. Gastroenterology (1998) 2.19

Differentiation of functional constipation and constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome based on Rome III criteria: a population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2015) 2.17

Irritable bowel syndrome prevalence varies enormously depending on the employed diagnostic criteria: comparison of Rome II versus previous criteria in a general population. Scand J Gastroenterol (2001) 2.12

The overlap of atopy and functional gastrointestinal disorders among 23,471 patients in primary care. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2014) 2.05

The association between non-ulcer dyspepsia and other gastrointestinal disorders. Scand J Gastroenterol (1985) 2.01

Evidence of a genetic contribution to functional bowel disorder. Am J Gastroenterol (1998) 1.96

Apoptosis in gastric epithelium induced by Helicobacter pylori infection: implications in gastric carcinogenesis. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.85

Natural history of gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional abdominal disorders: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.84

Non-cardiac chest pain: prevalence, risk factors, impact and consulting--a population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2003) 1.84

Mortality rates in patients with Barrett's oesophagus. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2007) 1.81

Diagnostic yield of alarm features in irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia. Gut (2004) 1.76

Development and psychometric evaluation of the patient assessment of upper gastrointestinal symptom severity index (PAGI-SYM) in patients with upper gastrointestinal disorders. Qual Life Res (2004) 1.76

Short segment Barrett's oesophagus: prevalence, diagnosis and associations. Gut (1997) 1.75

The effects of lottery incentive and length of questionnaire on health survey response rates: a randomized study. J Clin Epidemiol (1999) 1.73

Differences in gastric mechanosensory function after repeated ramp distensions in non-consulters with dyspepsia and healthy controls. Gut (2000) 1.70

Association of anxiety, neuroticism, and depression with dyspepsia of unknown cause. A case-control study. Gastroenterology (1986) 1.69

Clinical predictors of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth by duodenal aspirate culture. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2011) 1.68

Development and validation of the Diabetes Bowel Symptom Questionnaire. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2003) 1.68

Familial association in adults with functional gastrointestinal disorders. Mayo Clin Proc (2000) 1.64

A biomarker panel and psychological morbidity differentiates the irritable bowel syndrome from health and provides novel pathophysiological leads. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2014) 1.64

The role of acid suppression in patients with endoscopy-negative reflux disease: the effect of treatment with esomeprazole or omeprazole. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2004) 1.64

Non-cardiac chest pain: squeezing the life out of the Australian healthcare system? Med J Aust (2000) 1.63

Symptom evaluation in reflux disease: workshop background, processes, terminology, recommendations, and discussion outputs. Gut (2004) 1.60

Eosinophil infiltration and degranulation in normal human tissue. Anat Rec (1998) 1.59

Gastroscopy is incomplete without biopsy: clinical relevance of distinguishing gastropathy from gastritis. Gastroenterology (1995) 1.59

Does Helicobacter pylori colonize the gastric mucosa of Meckel's diverticulum? Mayo Clin Proc (1990) 1.59

Overlap of gastrointestinal symptom complexes in a US community. Neurogastroenterol Motil (2005) 1.56

ABC of the upper gastrointestingal tract: Indigestion: When is it functional? BMJ (2001) 1.56

Selective 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 receptor antagonism with ondansetron as treatment for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: a pilot study. Mayo Clin Proc (1992) 1.53

Discriminant value of dyspeptic symptoms: a study of the clinical presentation of 221 patients with dyspepsia of unknown cause, peptic ulceration, and cholelithiasis. Gut (1987) 1.52

Is there a benefit from intensified medical and psychological interventions in patients with functional dyspepsia not responding to conventional therapy? Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2007) 1.51

Visceral perception in functional gastro-intestinal disorders: disease marker or epiphenomenon? Dig Dis (1997) 1.51

Factors associated with consulting medical or non-medical practitioners for dyspepsia: an australian population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2000) 1.51

Gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms and health-related quality of life in the adult general population--the Kalixanda study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2006) 1.49

Valid symptom reporting at upper endoscopy in a random sample of the Swedish adult general population: the Kalixanda study. Scand J Gastroenterol (2004) 1.49

Oesophageal eosinophilic infiltration in patients with noncardiac chest pain. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2011) 1.49

Natural acquisition and spontaneous elimination of Helicobacter pylori infection: clinical implications. Am J Gastroenterol (1997) 1.48

Management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in general practice. BMJ (2001) 1.48

Colonic tone and motility in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc (1992) 1.46

Abuse and functional gastrointestinal disorders: what is the link and should we care? Gastroenterology (1996) 1.46

Dysphagia: epidemiology, risk factors and impact on quality of life--a population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2008) 1.46

Irritable bowel syndrome: novel views on the epidemiology and potential risk factors. Dig Liver Dis (2009) 1.45

Review article: current treatment options and management of functional dyspepsia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2012) 1.45

Decision-making in dyspepsia: controversies in primary and secondary care. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (1999) 1.43

Predictors of health care seeking for irritable bowel syndrome and nonulcer dyspepsia: a critical review of the literature on symptom and psychosocial factors. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.43

Bowel disorders impair functional status and quality of life in the elderly: a population-based study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (1995) 1.41

Irritable bowel syndrome according to varying diagnostic criteria: are the new Rome II criteria unnecessarily restrictive for research and practice? Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.39

Do commercial serological kits for Helicobacter pylori infection differ in accuracy? A meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol (1996) 1.38

Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with diabetes mellitus, nor with upper gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes mellitus. Am J Gastroenterol (2001) 1.37

Prevalence, severity and associated features of gastro-oesophageal reflux and dyspepsia: a population-based study. N Z Med J (2000) 1.34

Relationship between body mass index, diet, exercise and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms in a community. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2004) 1.33

Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric neoplasia: correlations with histological gastritis and tumor histology. Am J Gastroenterol (1998) 1.33

Familial aggregation of irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective study. Gut (2003) 1.33

Overlap of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome: prevalence and risk factors in the general population. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2007) 1.32

Prevalence and incidence of gastroduodenal ulcers during treatment with vascular protective doses of aspirin. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2005) 1.32

The impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on quality of life. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.32

Health-related quality of life in functional dyspepsia. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2003) 1.31

Gastrointestinal symptoms and subjects cluster into distinct upper and lower groupings in the community: a four nations study. Am J Gastroenterol (2000) 1.31

Validation of the Mayo Dysphagia Questionnaire. Dis Esophagus (2007) 1.29