Supplementary Table 1: Comparison of clinical characteristics of subjects with esophageal

injury (EE and/or BE) stratified by the presence or absence of GER symptoms.

Group with Group without p value

Symptomatic GER Symptomatic GER with

with Esophageal Injury (44)

Esophageal Injury (23)

Age (SD) 73 (9) 69 (9) 0.89

Male Proportion (%) 12 (52.2%) 29 (65.9%) 0.15

WHR Mean (SD) 0.91 (0.09) 0.95 (0.09) 0.15

BMI Mean (SD) 30.8 (6.0) 29.5 (5.1) 0.33

Smoker 3 (13.1%) 6 (13.6%) 0.94

(>30 PY) (%)

Excess Alcohol Use 3 (13.1%) 11 (25.0%) 0.23

(%)