Comparative prevalence of gallstone disease at 100-year interval in a large Romanian town, a necropsy study
| Autor: | Monica Acalovschi, Dumitru Dumitrascu, Ion Caluser, Andrei Ban |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Physiology Disease Gastroenterology Transplant surgery Sex Factors Cholelithiasis Internal medicine medicine Humans Cholecystectomy Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Romania Age Factors Gallstones Middle Aged medicine.disease Female Autopsy business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Digestive diseases and sciences. 32(4) |
| ISSN: | 0163-2116 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of gallstone disease in a large Romanian town was determined on 6275 necropsies performed during a 10-year period (1973-1982). The "crude" prevalence of gallstone disease in women was 17.1% and in men, 6.9%. Age-standardized prevalence was 8.4% in women and 5.0% in men. This rate is lower than the prevalence of gallstones in northern or central European countries, but it is higher than that established in some southern countries of Europe. A comparison of the "crude" prevalence of gallstone disease was compared with that calculated for a similar 10-year period 100 years ago (1873-1882), on 1538 necropsies performed in the same town. Prevalence of gallstones rose significantly in a century (from a mean of 1.2% to 11.3%; P less than 0.001), a finding consistent with the concept that gallstone disease is a "disease of civilization." |
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