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Objective: To investigate the epidemiologic risk with gallstones. A significant inverse (p<0.05)
factors and role of diet as a risk factor for gallstone association with vegetables, meat, and pulses with
formation. gallstones was seen. The gallstones were found to
Methodology: 654 gallstone patients and 675 be more in consumers of raw green chilies, fried
controls (age, gender and locality matched) were food, raw tomatoes and the odds ratio for gallstones
randomly selected from different hospitals of in green leafy vegetables (spinach) consumers
Hyderabad and interviewed through a standard increased with an increase in the frequency of
questionnaire developed for that purpose during vegetable servings per week. The effects of other
January 2010 to December 2012. Eye patients dietary factors were less conclusive.
were selected as control group, but those having Conclusion: The major risk factors for gallstones
diabetes, hypertension, or obesity with positive were illiteracy, followed by consumption of green
personal or family history of gallstones were chilies and fried food, and early marriages in
excluded from the control group. southern Sindh, Pakistan. (Rawal Med J 2013;38:
Results: Early marriages, sun exposure, use of 361-365).
oral contraceptives, psychological or emotional Key words: Gallstones, gallstone disease,
problems and illiteracy were positively associated dietary risk factors, epidemiologic risk factor.
Naseem Aslam Channa, Fatehuddin Khand. (2013) Gallstones and dietary risk factors: an epidemiologic investigation in southern Sindh, Pakistan, , Volume-38, Issue-4.
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