Objective To observe the incidence of type of gastroesophageal reflux disease in elderly male patients of Han and Uygur nationality and analyze the related risk factors.
Methods A retrospective analysis of gastroesophageal reflux disease in elderly male patients from People′s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was performed, and effective 469 cases were collected, among which 256 were Uygur nationality and 213 were Han nationality, compared the incidence and differences of three types, Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the high-risk factor of them.
Results The Uygur elderly male patients with reflux esophagitis were higher than that of Han elderly men, and the Han nationalities with Barrett esophagus were higher than Uygur elderly men, the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Multivariable Logistic analysis showed that eating too much, eating before sleeping, greasy food, high body mass index(BMI), hiatus hernia were the important risk factors in Uygur elderly men, and smoking, drinking, high BMI were the important risk factors in Han elderly men.
Conclusion There are different in three types of GERD of Uygur, Han elderly men, and the risk factors are different, but are all closely related with body mass index and unhealthy life habit.