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[Cholesterol biliary lithiasis (risk factors)]. 1991

N Méndez-Sánchez, and J Jessurun, and J A Aguilar, and C Cote, and M Uribe

Clínica de Hígado, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.

The prevalence of gallstone disease in the world is heterogenous, it exist a wide range between different geographic areas, sex and age groups. Its distribution seems to be influenced by various factors such as age, sex, socieconomic class, genetic and ethnic influences and diseases like diabetes mellitus and obesity. Therefore, in this study, we will analyse the importance of each of those factors in the development of cholesterol gallstone disease.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002769	Cholelithiasis	Presence or formation of GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, usually in the gallbladder (CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS) or the common bile duct (CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS).	Gallstone Disease,Cholelithiases,Gallstone Diseases
D002791	Cholesterol, Dietary	Cholesterol present in food, especially in animal products.	Dietary Cholesterol
D004032	Diet	Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.	Diets
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences