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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone Disease include Age, Sex, Pregnancy, and Oral contraceptives and estrogen replacement therapy. | |||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone Disease include Age, Sex, Pregnancy, and Oral contraceptives and estrogen replacement therapy. | |||
*Common risk factors in the development of | |||
===Common Risk Factors=== | ===Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of | *Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral. | ||
*Common risk factors in the development of | *Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease include: | ||
** | **Age | ||
** | **Sex | ||
** | **Pregnancy | ||
===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Less common risk factors in the development of | *Less common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease include: | ||
**[Risk factor 1] | **[Risk factor 1] | ||
**[Risk factor 2] | **[Risk factor 2] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone Disease include Age, Sex, Pregnancy, and Oral contraceptives and estrogen replacement therapy.
Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone Disease include Age, Sex, Pregnancy, and Oral contraceptives and estrogen replacement therapy.
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
- Common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease include:
- Age
- Sex
- Pregnancy
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of Gallstone disease include:
- [Risk factor 1]
- [Risk factor 2]
- [Risk factor 3]
Overview
Risk factors
- More common in females.
- Obesity
- Race- Common amongst Pima Indians, North Americans and Chileans. Japanese have the lowest incidence.
- Sudden weight loss
- Prolonged fasting.
- Pregnancy
- Presence of Crohn's disease.
- Cystic fibrosis
- Diabetes,
- Liver cirrhosis
- Increasing age
- Extensive bowel resection
- Use of contraceptives and other medications like largactil, octreotide, and clofibrate