title: DESCRIPTION OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, LIVING IN THE NORTH.
abstract: INTRODUCTIOD: Over the past 15 years, the relative frequency of detection of erosive form of GERD has increased from 3,1 to 16%. Manifestations of GERD in different ethnic populations of Yakutia are not well understood.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Studying kliniko-endoscopic and the morfofunktsionalnykh of features of GERD in various ethnic groups living in conditions of Yakutia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 168 patients with GERD of different ethnic origins. Yakuts, Evens and Evenks, were considered as indigenous people and newcomers were all persons of other nationalities, who arrived at different times from other regions of Russia. The average age was 41.75 ± 24.73 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical manifestations of GERD in different ethnic groups living in Yakutia. Leukoplakia of the esophagus was detected in the indigenous population are four times more likely than newcomers. With GERD associated with thyroid disorders prevalent low level of contamination of Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with GERD in Yakutia was higher among immigrants than among the indigenous, with a high degree of contamination of Helicobacter pylori was detected more frequently in immigrants than among the indigenous. Pathological gastroesophageal reflux during the daily pH-metry of the esophagus was detected more frequently in patients visiting than among the indigenous.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The found features of a current of GERD can be further the basis for the individualized and differentiated approaches to treatment of this disease.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Chibyeva
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Balanova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Vasilev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001110:Arctic Regions / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044382:Population Groups / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult