GI Epidemiology

Nicholas J. Talley, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaG. Richard Locke III, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine,Rochester, MN, USAPaul Moayyedi, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, CanadaJoe West, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKAlexander C. Ford, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UKYuri A. Saito, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

• Contributors, viiiForeword, xivPreface, xvAbout the companion website, xviPart 1: Gastrointestinal Diseases and Disorders: The Public Health Perspective1 The Burden of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Around the World, 3Hannah P. Kim, Seth D. Crockett, & Nicholas J. ShaheenPart 2: How to Critically Read the Gastrointestinal Epidemiology LiteratureIntroduction and Overview, 17Joe West2 How to Read a Cohort Study, 18Laila J. Tata3 How to Read a Case-Control Study, 30Joe West, Laila J. Tata, & Timothy R. Card4 How to Read a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial, 39Matthew J. Grainge5 How to Read a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 48Alexander C. Ford & Paul Moayyedi6 How to Decide if Any of This Matters, 58Kate M. Fleming & Timothy R. CardPart 3: How to Do Clinical Research in GI7 How to Develop and Validate a GI Questionnaire, 67Enrique Rey & G. Richard Locke III8 How to Do Population-Based Studies and Survey Research, 75Sanjiv Mahadeva & Hematram Yadav9 How to Find and Apply Large Databases for Epidemiologic Research, 83Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Joe West, Jessica A. Davila, Timothy R. Card, & Hashem B. El-Serag10 How to Do Genetic and Molecular Epidemiologic Research, 98Yuri A. Saito11 Diagnostic Studies, 106Paul Moayyedi12 Randomized Controlled Trials, 113Paul Moayyedi & Richard H. HuntPart 4: Epidemiology of Major GI Diseases13 Epidemiology of GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer, 121David Armstrong14 Epidemiology of Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Peptic Ulcer Disease andGastric Cancer, 135Grigorios I. Leontiadis & Olof Nyr´en 15 Epidemiology of Dyspepsia, 158Alexander C. Ford & Nicholas J. Talley16 Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, 172Colin J. Crooks, Joseph Sung, & Timothy R. Card17 Epidemiology of Celiac Disease, 185Alberto Rubio-Tapia, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, & Joseph A. Murray18 Measuring Utilization of Endoscopy in Clinical Practice, 196Frances Tse & Alan Barkun19 Epidemiology of Colorectal Carcinoma, 213Harminder Singh, Joselito M. Montalban, & Salaheddin Mahmud20 Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 222Rok Seon Choung & Yuri A. Saito21 Epidemiology of Constipation, 235Brian E. Lacy & John M. Levenick22 Epidemiology of Diverticular Disease, 249Robin Spiller & David Humes23 Epidemiology of Infectious Diarrhea, 262Christina M. Surawicz & Crenguta Stepan24 Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 273Edward V. Loftus, Jr.25 Epidemiology of Fecal Incontinence, 285Adil E. Bharucha26 Epidemiology of Gallstones and Biliary Tract Cancers, 296Guy D. Eslick & Eldon A. Shaffer27 Epidemiology of Pancreatitis, 306Dhiraj Yadav, Santhi Swaroop Vege, & Suresh T. Chari28 Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer, 313Aravind Sugumar & Santhi Swaroop Vege29 Epidemiology of Hepatitis B and C in the United States, 322Sumeet K. Asrani & W. Ray Kim30 Epidemiology of Alcoholic Liver Disease, 332Sumeet K. Asrani & William Sanchez31 Epidemiology of Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 344Joe West & Guruprasad P. Aithal32 Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), 357Guruprasad P. Aithal, Kshaunish Das, & Abhijit Chowdhury33 Epidemiology of Common Tropical GI Diseases, 373Magnus Halland, Rodney Givney, & Anne Duggan34 Nutritional Epidemiology and GI Cancers, 383Linda E. Kelemen & Ilona Csizmadi35 The Epidemiology of Obesity Among Adults, 394Cynthia L. Ogden, Brian K. Kit, Tala H.I. Fakhouri, Margaret D. Carroll, & Katherine M. FlegalIndex 405

“With the exception of minor quibbles, this book represents the best and most up up-to-date summary of GI epidemiology currently available.”  (Gastroenterology, 1 October 2014)