1. Race affects healing of erosive oesophagitis in patients treated with proton pump inhibitors.
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Sharma P, Johnson DA, Monyak JT, and Illueca M
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- 2-Pyridinylmethylsulfinylbenzimidazoles therapeutic use, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Esomeprazole, Faith Healing, Female, Gastroesophageal Reflux drug therapy, Gastroesophageal Reflux ethnology, Humans, Lansoprazole, Logistic Models, Los Angeles, Male, Middle Aged, Omeprazole therapeutic use, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Esophagitis, Peptic drug therapy, Esophagitis, Peptic ethnology, Proton Pump Inhibitors therapeutic use, Racial Groups ethnology
- Abstract
Background: Erosive oesophagitis appears to be more common in white vs. nonwhite patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)., Aim: To evaluate the association between race and erosive oesophagitis healing in patients with GERD treated with once-daily proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)., Methods: Data from five double-blind trials of once-daily treatment with esomeprazole 40mg vs. omeprazole 20mg or lansoprazole 30mg for erosive oesophagitis healing (evaluated at weeks 4 and 8 by endoscopy) were pooled and stratified by baseline race and Los Angeles (LA) severity grade. Multiple logistic regression models were fit with erosive oesophagitis healing (dependent variable) and race (independent variable), with adjustments for treatment, study, baseline LA grade, age, gender, BMI, Helicobacter pylori status, hiatal hernia and interactions of these factors with race., Results: Of 11,027 patients, 91% were white. Nonwhite (n=978) and black (n=613) patients were less likely to have severe baseline erosive oesophagitis (LA grade C or D) than white patients [adjusted OR: 0.69 (95% CI, 0.61-0.79) and 0.67 (0.57-0.78), respectively; P<0.0001]. At week 8, nonwhite and black patients had lower healing rates than white patients [OR: 0.75 (0.63-0.89) and 0.67 (0.54-0.83), respectively; P≤0.001]. Greater odds of healing were associated with less severe baseline LA grade, increasing age, hiatal hernia, esomeprazole treatment (vs. lansoprazole or omeprazole) and lansoprazole treatment (vs. omeprazole) (all P≤0.0009); no factor interacted significantly with race., Conclusions: Nonwhite patients with GERD had less severe baseline erosive oesophagitis, but were less likely than white patients to have erosive oesophagitis healing after 8-week PPI therapy., (© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.)
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- 2011
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