Background: Growing evidence suggests that depression affects gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). But, the relationship between depression and GERD is unclear. To examine the relationship between depression and the risk of GERD, as well as the mediating role of risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssociation studies of variations in the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) transporter gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and functional dyspepsia (FD) have yielded contradictory results. Hence, we performed a meta-analysis to clarify inconsistencies between the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism with FD and it subtypes. We performed a literature search in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and CNKI, including articles published until March 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the risk factors for pathological upgrading after endoscopic treatment of esophageal lesions which confirmed to be low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN) by preoperative biopsy.
Methods: A total of 148 patients who were confirmed to be LGIN in preoperative forceps underwent further endoscopic resection between November 2013 and July 2018. According to the final pathological results after endoscopic treatment, they were divided into pathological upgrading group and pathological non-upgrading group, and their clinicopathological characteristics were analyzed and compared through univariate and multivariate analysis.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
November 2018