Gender disparities and woman-specific trends in Barrett’s esophagus in the United States: An 11-year nationwide population-based study (original) (raw)

World J Methodol. Mar 20, 2025; 15(1): 97512
Published online Mar 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i1.97512

Gender disparities and woman-specific trends in Barrett’s esophagus in the United States: An 11-year nationwide population-based study

Karina Fatakhova, Faisal Inayat, Hassam Ali, Pratik Patel, Attiq Ur Rehman, Arslan Afzal, Muhammad Sarfraz, Shiza Sarfraz, Gul Nawaz, Ahtshamullah Chaudhry, Rubaid Dhillon, Arthur Dilibe, Benjamin Glazebnik, Lindsey Jones, Emily Glazer

Karina Fatakhova, Pratik Patel, Emily Glazer, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mather Hospital and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, United States

Faisal Inayat, Gul Nawaz, Department of Internal Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Punjab 54550, Pakistan

Hassam Ali, Arslan Afzal, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States

Attiq Ur Rehman, Muhammad Sarfraz, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, United States

Shiza Sarfraz, Arthur Dilibe, Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834, United States

Ahtshamullah Chaudhry, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Dominic's Hospital, Jackson, MS 39216, United States

Rubaid Dhillon, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States

Benjamin Glazebnik, Lindsey Jones, Department of Internal Medicine, Mather Hospital and Hofstra University Zucker, School of Medicine, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, United States

Author contributions: Fatakhova K, Inayat F, Ali H, Patel P, Rehman AU, Afzal A, and Sarfraz M concepted and designed the study, participated in the acquisition of data, interpretation of results, writing of the original draft, and critical revisions of the important intellectual content of the final manuscript; Sarfraz S, Nawaz G, Chaudhry A, Dhillon R, Dilibe A, Glazebnik B, and Jones L contributed to the analysis and interpretation of results and drafting of the manuscript; Glazer E reviewed, revised, and improved the manuscript by suggesting pertinent modifications; and all authors critically assessed, edited, and approved the final manuscript and are accountable for all aspects of the work.

Institutional review board statement: The data of patients was not acquired by any specific institution but rather open-access United States National Inpatient Sample (NIS) data. The NIS contains de-identified information, protecting the privacy of patients, physicians, and hospitals. Therefore, it was deemed exempt from the institutional review board (IRB).

Informed consent statement: Participants were not required to give informed consent for this retrospective study since the analysis of baseline characteristics used anonymized clinical data.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.

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Corresponding author: Faisal Inayat, MBBS, Research Scientist, Department of Internal Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Allama Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Road, Faisal Town, Lahore, Punjab 54550, Pakistan. faisalinayat@hotmail.com

Received: May 31, 2024
Revised: July 25, 2024
Accepted: July 29, 2024
Published online: March 20, 2025
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