Risk factors for gall-bladder disease: a cohort study of young women attending family planning clinics. J Epidemiol Community Health 1982 Dec;36(4):274-8
Date
12/01/1982Pubmed ID
7166683Pubmed Central ID
PMC1052232DOI
10.1136/jech.36.4.274Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0020411233 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 99 CitationsAbstract
During 1968-74, 17 032 women aged 25-39 years were recruited to the Oxford/Family Planning Association Contraceptive Study. By the end of August 1981, 227 of these women had suffered surgically confirmed gall-bladder disease during the follow-up period, an incidence of 1ยท47 per 1000 woman-years. Obesity was by far the strongest risk factor for gall-bladder disease, but late age at first term birth and cigarette smoking also had statistically significant independent effects. The influence of the use of oral contraceptives on risk was small.
Author List
Layde PM, Vessey MP, Yeates DAuthor
Peter M. Layde MS, MD Emeritus Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAge Factors
Contraceptives, Oral
Female
Gallbladder Diseases
Humans
Maternal Age
Middle Aged
Obesity
Parity
Risk
Smoking
Social Class
