The community study of Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of Barrett’s oesophagus of Corley et al (Gut 2008;57:727–33) produced similar and contrasting results to our hospital-based endoscopic study on the same theme involving a multiethnic Asian patient population.1 Unfortunately, our study1 was not cited by the authors. We prospectively examined 188 consecutive patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), short- and long-segment Barrett’s oesophagus (SSBO and LSBO) and controls. Malay, Chinese and Indian patients underwent gastroscopy with gastric biopsies to assess H pylori, …