Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Obesity. Pathophysiology and Implications for Treatment

Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000

Katherine M. Flegal · JAMA · 2002 · 6.2K citations

Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Public Health Nutrition +8

Esophageal peristaltic dysfunction in peptic esophagitis

Peter J. Kahrilas, W. J. Dodds, Walter J. Hogan et al. · Gastroenterology · 1986 · 667 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +13

Obesity Is an Independent Risk Factor for GERD Symptoms and Erosive Esophagitis

Hashem B. El‐Serag, David Y. Graham, Jessie A. Satia et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2005 · 575 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine +11

Obesity: A Challenge to Esophagogastric Junction Integrity

John E. Pandolfino, Hashem B. El‐Serag, Qing Zhang et al. · Gastroenterology · 2006 · 563 citations · Full text

Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology +11

Ambulatory 24-h esophageal pH monitoring: normal values, optimal thresholds, specificity, sensitivity, and reproducibility.

John R. Jamieson, H. J. Stein, Tom R. DeMeester et al. · PubMed · 1992 · 498 citations

Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Early Detection +15