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Heartburn Risk Factors

• Common risk factors in the development of heartburn is obesity, increasing age, consumption of spicy foods and caffeinated beverages(https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/485088), smoking, hiatal hernia. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107529/)
• Exercising and coffee intake were considered protective factors.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107529/
• Women experience heartburn generally 5 years later than men. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/485088

References

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107529/