Worldwide Epidemiology of Gastroesophageal Disease, continued Figure-1 The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (courtesy of Turkish GERD consensus group and Elif Saritas MD) Table 1: The prevalence of GERD and typical symptoms in studies performed using the Mayo Questionnaire Place Author No of subjects Heartburn Regurgitation GERD Olmsted (USA) Locke 1511 17.8 6.3 19.8 Moscow (Russia) Bor, Lazebnik 1065 17.6 17.5 23.6 Turkey Bor 3214 9.3 16.6 22.8 Argentina Chiocca 839 16.9 16.5 23 Eastern Iran Vossoughinia 1637 NA 25.7 25.7 Olmsted (USA) Jung 2273 NA NA 18 Philadelphia (USA) Yuen 1172 NA NA 26.2 Madrid (Spain) Rey 709 NA NA 8.5 Spain Diaz-Rubio 2500 NA NA 9.8 China Wong 2209 NA NA 2.5 Table 2: The prevalence of additional symptoms in studies performed using both the same questionnaire and the same diagnostic criteria (Bor et al. Dis Esoph. 2015) Olmsted (USA) Moscow (Russia) Izmir (Turkey) Argentina NW China NCCP 23.1 15.5 37.3 37.6 34.7 Dysphagia 13.5 25.5 35.7 26.8 6.5 Odynophagia - 34.4 35.7 - 10.7 Globus 7.0 25.5 23.8 26.3 15.2 Dyspepsia 10.6 60.2 42.1 38.7 29.3 Belching - 43.0 24.6 - - Nausea - 53.8 60.3 - Vomiting - 29.1 38.1 - - Hiccup - 6.8 9.5 - - Cough - 36.7 19.8 - 8.9 Asthma 9.3 - 0.8 6.7 4.2 Pharyngeal symptoms & Hoarseness 14.3 10.4 28.6 21.8 9.4 World Digestive Health Day WDHD May 29, 2015 WGO HANDBOOK HEARTBURN: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 14
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