Response to comments on “Health risk factors in different educational groups and their association to Barrett’s esophagus”

We thank Satapathy et al. [1] and Li et al. [2] for their thoughtful commentaries on our study of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) within a standardized Austrian screening cohort. Their observations raise important methodological considerations, particularly with respect to the striking absence of educational gradients in BE prevalence despite marked disparities in risk factor burden. …