Is the severity of obstructive sleep apnea or the magnitude of respiratory effort associated with gastroesophageal reflux?

TO THE EDITORIn a tecent issue of World Journal of Gastroenterology,Demeter et al.[1],reported that in patients having both gastro-esophageal reflux disease(GERD)and obstructive sleep apnea(OSA),there was a positive correlation between endoscopic findings of GERD and the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour,namely apnea hypopnea index.