Prevalence rates of Barrett's oesophagus (BO) in Asia
| Country | Reference | Study population | Prevalence rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Kendall and Whiteman135 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=2593) | 1.89% |
| China | Xiong et al136 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=2022) | 1% |
| India | Dhawan et al137 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=271) | 6% |
| Mathew et al138 | Patients with reflux disease (N=278) | 9% had CLO with IM; 16.54% had CLO | |
| Japan | Okita et al139 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=5338) | Overall: 37.6% SSBO (mean length 0.77±0.43cm): 37.4% LSBO: 0.2% |
| Watari et al140 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=1581) | SSBO: 5.4% LSBO: 0.2% (Ultrashort: 30.8%) | |
| Korea | Park et al141 | Multicentre Korean study of patients undergoing endoscopy (N=25 536) | 0.84% |
| Malaysia | Rosaida and Goh142 | Unselected patients undergoing endoscopy (N=1000) | 2% |
| Singapore | Ang et al143 | Patients with reflux disease (N=533) | 1.7% |
| Taiwan | Tseng et al145 | Health screening patients who underwent endoscopy (N=19 812) | 0.061% |
CLO, columnar lined oesophagus; IM, intestinal metaplasia; LSBO, long segment BO; SSBO, short segment BO.