Abstract / Description of output
Objective: To identify the prevalence and risk factors for gallstone disease in both insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus compared with controls.
Design: A prospective blinded, ultrasonographic study of a diabetic population with age- and sex-matched controls.
Setting: Hospital-based.
Patients: Randomly selected patients attending hospital out-patient clinics; controls recruited consecutively, within the constraints of matching for age and sex.
Intervention: None.
Main outcome measures: Prevalence of gallstone disease in patient and control population. Risk factors for gallstone disease in diabetic patients including anthropomorphic and biochemical data.
Results: The prevalence of gallstone disease was only increased in diabetic patients compared with controls in the seventh decade (41% versus 17%). Independent risk factors were female gender, age, body mass index and plasma apolipoprotein A levels.
Conclusions: The risk of gallstone disease in diabetes mellitus is only increased in the elderly. The type of diabetes, quality of control and duration were not independent risk factors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 55-59 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1992 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- GALLSTONES
- DIABETES-MELLITUS
- APOLIPOPROTEIN-A
- ULTRASOUND