Association Between Psychological Distress and Stress-Related Symptoms and Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Male Individuals: An Observational Study.

Background: This study evaluated the association between psychological distress and development of type 2 diabetes (T2D) among male individuals in the workplace.

Methods: This observational cohort study enrolled 6,326 male participants aged 18 - 65 years (mean age 47.4 ± 9.

Atypical symptoms and health-related quality of life of patients with asymptomatic reflux esophagitis.

Background And Aim: Asymptomatic reflux esophagitis (RE) is simply regarded as RE without the typical reflux symptoms, but it is unknown whether patients with asymptomatic RE have atypical symptoms. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical characteristics and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with asymptomatic RE.

Patients And Methods: Consecutive patients with RE were enrolled during January 2010 to August 2012, and of them, 41 who had taken acid-suppressing drugs were excluded, leaving 280 patients as the study group.