ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2009
A 10-year follow-up of a longitudinal study of gallstone prevalence at necropsy in South East England.
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- Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index with gallstone disease: finding from Dena PERSIAN cohort.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2022Article
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- Association between gallstone and cardio-cerebrovascular disease: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2019Article
- The association between gallstone disease and plaque in the abdominopelvic arteries.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2017Article
- The Lowest Prevalence of Cholelithiasis in the Americas - An Autopsy-based Study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2016Article
- Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Type of Gallstone.The Indian journal of surgery · 2016Article
- The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gallstone Among Adults in South-East of Iran: A Population-Based Study.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- Epidemiology, management, and economic evaluation of screening of gallstone disease among type 2 diabetics: A systematic review.World journal of clinical cases · 2015Review
- Patient outcomes after treatment with percutaneous cholecystostomy for biliary sepsis.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2014Article
- Natural history of acalculous biliary symptoms.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2013Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine a previous increase in male gallstone disease and to consider the burden of gallstones in a necropsy study with matched controls over a decade. Gallstone prevalence in 5,050 males fell from 20.2% to 19.1% (P=0.022) and in 4,125 females fell from 30.4% to 29.0% (P=0.03). Female gallstone subjects had a higher BMI than controls 24.5 vs. 23.3 (P<0.01), but males did not. Gallstones were twice as common in diabetics, but not with coronary heart disease (CHD). A third of elderly patients of both sexes had gallstones, but cholecystectomy was more common in females, 17:10%. Gallstone-related mortality was 0.7%. The prevalence of gallstones fell slightly. The association between gallstones and diabetes was confirmed, but not for CHD, and for BMI this was confined to females. Gallstones are very common in the elderly, but most are unoperated and seldom cause death.
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