The Prevalence, Clinical And Endoscopic Characteristics Of Barrett Esophagus In Urumqi

Objective:To investigate the incidence clinical and endoscopic characteristics of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) in population of Urumqi city. The relationship between BE and reflux esophagitis RE was also studied. Methods:Patients with BE were diagnosed according to new standard by endoscopy and histology. The prevalence, form in endoscopy, histology of biopsy, sex, age, weight, height, symptom, Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection and relationship between BE and RE were analyzed. Results:BE was found in7.9%of the total endoscopy number, and male vs female was1.98:1, mean age was (44.6±13.4) years old. Only19.14%of BE patients had typical reflux symptoms.83.85%of BE patients were with short segment BE. Intestinal metaplasia was detected in25.31%of BE and dysplasia10.04%,40.37%of BE patients were infected with Hp. The detection rate of RE was2.07%. Patients BE with RE were0.66%.The manifestation of reflux esophagus and occurrence of peptic ulcer in cases with BE were in paralled to those with RE (P>0.05). Conclusion:The incidence of BE in Urumqi of China was high. Most of BE were short segment BE and male and had no typical reflux symptoms. Intestinal metaplasia was found in1/3of BE patients. Overweight apparently increased the risk for development of BE. Hp had possible no acolse association between BE and RE.