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A population study on the prevalence of gallstone disease: The sirmione study

✍ Scribed by Luigi Barbara; Claudia Sama; Antonio Maria Morselli Labate; Francesco Taroni; Anna Giulia Rusticali; Davide Festi; Carlo Sapio; Enrico Roda; Claudio Banterle; Armando Puci; Franco Formentini; Silvia Colasanti; Francesco Nardin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
637 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-9139

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✦ Synopsis

The prevalence of gallstone disease (cholelithiasis and previous cholecystectomy for gallstones) in the population of the town of Sirmione, Italy, examined by ultrasonography, was 6.7% in men and 14.6% in women, ranging from 18 to 65 yr of age (overall prevalence = 11%). The prevalence of cholelithiasis in the same age span was 6.9% (4.5% in men and 8.9% in women). Prevalence of cholelithiasis increased with age in both sexes.

Twenty-two percent of gallstone subjects suffered from biliary pain vs. 2% of subjects without gallstones. No difference was observed in the frequency of nonspecific symptoms between subjects with and without gallstones. Of the 132 gallstone subjects, 108 (82%) were not aware of having gallstones prior to the study.

Prevalence of gallstone disease was found to be higher in obese and hypertriglyceridemic subjects and to increase with the number of pregnancies.

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