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Comparison of risk factors and clinical responses to proton pump inhibitors in patients with erosive oesophagitis and non‐erosive reflux disease
Author(s) -
LEE E. S.,
KIM N.,
LEE S. H.,
PARK Y. S.,
KIM J. W.,
JEONG S. H.,
LEE D. H.,
JUNG H. C.,
SONG I. S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.308
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1365-2036
pISSN - 0269-2813
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04021.x
Subject(s) - nerd , medicine , gastroenterology , proton pump inhibitor , reflux , hiatal hernia , gerd , esophagitis , disease
Summary Background There has been no report on the response to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy and on‐demand or the relapse rate of non‐erosive reflux disease (NERD) and erosive oesophagitis in Korea. Aim To compare the risk factors, clinical symptoms and PPI responses between patients with erosive oesophagitis and NERD patients. Methods A survey was performed prospectively in the erosive oesophagitis (205 patients) and NERD group (200 patients). Clinical symptoms, risk factors and PPI responses were analysed. On‐demand therapy and the relapse rate of GERD symptoms were investigated during a one‐year follow‐up. Results BMI ≥ 25 (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.1–8.3), alcohol use (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.0–8.3), hiatal hernia (OR 5.0, 95% CI 1.2–20) and triglyceride ≥150 mg/dL (OR 4.0, 95% CI 1.7–10) were more common in the erosive oesophagitis group than in the NERD group by multivariate analysis. The ratio of oesophageal to extra‐oesophageal symptoms was higher in the erosive oesophagitis group compared with the NERD group ( P < 0.001). The PPI response rates at 8 weeks were different ( P = 0.02); refractory rates were higher in the NERD group (16.7%) compared with the erosive oesophagitis group (6.0%). However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in on‐demand therapy or the relapse rate. Conclusion These results suggest that the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of erosive oesophagitis and NERD are distinct.