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Gallstones are common, affecting about one fourth of women and 10% to 15% of men over the age of 50. They are more prevalent in Amerindians and Mexican-Americans and less common in blacks. Principal risk factors are age, sex, and obesity. Lesser risk factors include childbearing, abstinenc...
Of these, around 25% develop gallstone disease (indicated by the presence of symptoms) and undergo cholecystectomy. Summary: The risk of gallstones is influenced by a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors, such as excess body weight. In fact, body mass has been demonstrated to be a ...
intervention arms in the other types of symptoms reported (P > 0.26), duration of symptoms had been occurring for (P = 0.21), impact of that the symptoms were having on the patient (P = 0.47), or the symptoms reported severity (P = 0.54) as shown in Supplementary ...
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The mean age was 54.9 ± 11.8 years; 37.6% were women, and 54.5% had metabolic syndrome. Prevalence of GD (gallstones plus CHO) was significantly higher (p= 0.003) in women (22.2%) than in men (13.1%). Prevalence of previous CHO was three times as high (p< 0.001) in females (15....
It is estimated that at least 40,000 young, healthy women in the United States undergo cholecystectomy each year due to postpartum complications [50], highlighting that pregnancy-related gallbladder disease has become a significant cause of morbidity in this population. Given the numerous ...
women (hazard ratio [HR], 0.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.28–0.96) but not in men. In women, nonvegetarians with hypercholesterolemia had 3.8 times the risk of GSD compared with vegetarians with normal cholesterol (HR, 3.81, 95% CI, 1.61–9.01). A vegetarian diet may therefore ...