Background Approximately 25% of adults regularly experience heartburn, a symptom of
gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Most patients are treated empirically (without …

Background Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are physical symptoms for
which no adequate medical explanation can be found after proper examination. The …

… 4), or the study did not concern humans (N … Horowitz M, Collins PJ, Shearman DJC: Disorders
of gastric emptying in humans and the use of radionuclide techniques. Arch Intern Med 145…

Elevated blood pressure is a common, heritable cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide.
To date, identification of common genetic variants influencing blood pressure has proven …

… The systematic review of Numans ME et al. shows that a positive proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
test does not support and a negative one does not exclude the diagnosis of GERD as …

It is considered that fruit and vegetable (F&V) protect against oesophagus and gastric cancer
(GC). However, 2 recent meta‐analyses suggest that the strength of association on GC …

Background: Dietary factors are thought to have an important role in gastric and esophageal
carcinogenesis, but evidence from cohort studies for such a role is lacking. We examined …

Background To determine the presence of interaction in epidemiologic research, typically a
product term is added to the regression model. In linear regression, the regression coefficient …

Functional dyspepsia is a common disorder witha diverse pathophysiological background,
but the role ofmotility disorders in functional dyspepsia remainsunclear. We aimed to quantify …

… (7–9), few genes regulating alcohol consumption in humans have been described—with the
… We then carried out functional genetic studies in both humans and animal models (Fig. S1). …