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ArticleHippokratia

Smoking habits and gallbladder disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.

V Papadopoulos, D Filippou, K Mimidis

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Article in Hippokratia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

V PapadopoulosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Xanthi General Hospital, Xanthi.
D FilippouLaboratory of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens.
K MimidisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis Greece.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRStobhill Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt has been claimed that smoking is linked with an increased risk for gallbladder disease (GBD); however, related issues need further consolidation and clarification. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to further investigate the potent correlation between GBD and smoking.

methodsWe conducted a comprehensive literature review to identify every study published from January 1989 to December 2019, reporting risk estimates regarding GBD and smoking. The random-effect, generic inverse variance method, according to description by DerSimonian and Laird, was used to compute pooled estimates. We used the Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale to appraise the included studies' quality.

resultsThirty published case-control, cross-sectional, and cohort studies including 4,623,435 individuals met the eligibility criteria and were considered for data synthesis. Compared to the non-smokers, ever smokers had 1.25 times higher odds of developing GBD [95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.09-1.44]; however, increased heterogeneity was observed (I

conclusionsNon-smokers were demonstrated to be at a lower risk of presenting GBD when compared with ever smokers; all relevant risk estimates necessitate adjustment for family history and alcohol intake. HIPPOKRATIA 2020, 24(4): 147-156.

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cholelithiasisGallbladder diseasesMeta-AnalysisReviewSmoking

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PMID35023890
PMCPMC8747579
OpenAlexW4206891423

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