Mohamed Farouk, M.D.* and Wael Naeem Thabet Aziz, M.D.**
Mohamed Farouk, M.d.* and Wael Naeem Thabet Aziz, M.D.**
Haitham Akram Saimeh
Haitham Akram Saimeh
Mohamed Hamed Abouelfadl, MD. (1), Mahmoud M. Marei, MD. (1), Moutaz Ragab, MD(1), Ahmed Arafa Elsayed Rawash, MD. (1), Wesam Mohamed Mahmoud, MD. (1), Siham Anwer Imam, MD.(1&2), Ahmed Abdelhaseeb Youssef, MD(3), Tamer Yassin Mohamed Yassin, MD. (1)
Ashraf Kamal Abdalla, M.D. * ; Amr Mohamed EL Hefny, M.D.* ; Khaled Ahmed Reyad, M.D.** ; Noura Omar Mohamed, M.B.B.CH. **;
Sherif M. Mokhtar, Hasan Abouelnaga, Wael Lolah, Salma Dowara, Emad Khallaf
Ali Mohamed. A. Saleh , M.D ,CAIRO *, Arafat Ali Mohammed Al-absi , M.B.B.Ch
Sherif M. Mokhtar, HasanAbouelnaga, Wael Lolah, Salma Dowara, Emad Khallaf
Ahmed Maher AbdElmonim, RehamEltatawy, Ayman S. El-Din Helmy, Mohamed Hassan Ali Fahmy, Mohammed Elshal
Ahmed Qasem Mohamed,1 Essam Eldeen M.O. Mahran2
Hosam El Dein Said Hesain
Ramy Mikhael Nageeb,1 Hatem ElGohary, MD;2 Mohamed Gamal, MD3
Mohamed Saber Mostafa, Mohamed Elsayed Elshaaer, Aly Elshehry
Ahmed Samir Hosny, MD; El-Sayed A. Abd El-Mabood, MD; Amro Abdel Reheem, MD
Serum leptin level among Upper Egypt patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease
Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increased risk of esophageal disorders, including esophageal adenocarcinoma, Barrett esophagus and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Predominantly abdominal or intra-abdominal adiposity is more strongly linked with these esophageal disorders than BMI alone. Aim of the work is to assess if leptin have role in GERD. Patient and methods: total of 58 patients newly diagnosed as having GERD by upper endoscopy compared to 29 healthy volunteer as control group all are subjected to measuring BMI and serum leptin. Results: Serum leptin is increased as BMI increased and degree of GERD increased with p value 0.001. Conclusion: Positive correlation between seum leptin level, BMI and degree of GERD.
Keywords: Obesity, Leptin, GERD.