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Waist-to-Hip Ratio, but Not Body Mass Index, Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Barrett's Esophagus in White Men

Jennifer R. Kramer, Lori Fischbach, Peter Richardson, Abeer Alsarraj, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Yasser H. Shaib, Neena S. Abraham, Maria Velez, Rhonda A. Cole, Bhupinderjit S. Anand,

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2012 · 91 citations · 30 references

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Serum Immunoreactive-Leptin Concentrations in Normal-Weight and Obese Humans

Robert V. Considine, Madhur K. Sinha, Mark L. Heiman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 6.3K citations

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Incidence of Adenocarcinoma among Patients with Barrett's Esophagus

Frederik Hvid‐Jensen, Lars Pedersen, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2011 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The Development and Validation of an Endoscopic Grading System for Barrett’s Esophagus: The Prague C & M Criteria

Prateek Sharma, John Dent, David Armstrong et al. · Gastroenterology · 2006 · 1K citations · Full text

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Obesity: A Challenge to Esophagogastric Junction Integrity

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

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The gastroesophageal flap valve: in vitro and in vivo observations

Lucius D. Hill, Richard A. Kozarek, S. J. M. Kraemer et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 1996 · 459 citations

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