Anthropometric Measures and Severity of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

N/ACompletedNCT01954667

Ain Shams University80 enrolled

Overview

evaluate the impact of different anthropometric measures on clinical and endoscopic severity of GERD and its relation to serum leptin.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Gastro esophageal reflux symptoms (e.g. heart burn, regurgitation, water brash or atypical symptoms such as hoarseness of voice, asthma and cough) * complete upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving medication for reflux disease (including proton pump inhibitor, histamine type 2 receptors blocker, prokinetic agents) in the previous month. * Pregnant woman. * History of upper abdominal surgery. * Severe co-morbidity as cirrhosis, end-stage renal disease and heart failure.

Locations (1)

Tropical medicine department

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Impact of anthropometric measures on GERD

evaluate the impact of different anthropometric measures on clinical and endoscopic severity of GERD and its relation to serum leptin.

Time frame: 1 year

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