1. The association of metabolic syndrome and its factors with gallstone disease
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Mei-Feng Wu, Yi-Hui Yeh, Yu-Wen Yang, Jenn-Chang Liou, Ying-Li Lin, Chih-Hsiang Chiang, and I-Ching Lin
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Waist ,Cross-sectional study ,Population ,Taiwan ,Gallstones ,Sex Factors ,Cholelithiasis ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Metabolic factors ,Gallstone disease ,Medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,education ,Abdominal obesity ,Dyslipidemias ,Metabolic Syndrome ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Cholesterol, HDL ,Age Factors ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Endocrinology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,Dyslipidemia ,Obesity, Abdominal ,Population study ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Metabolic syndrome ,Waist Circumference ,business ,Family Practice ,Research Article - Abstract
Background To investigate the association between metabolic syndrome, including its factors, and gallstone disease (GSD) in a Taiwanese population. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study during 2011 ~ 2012. A total of 12050 subjects who completed a questionnaire and underwent physical examination, laboratory tests and abdominal ultrasonography formed the study population. Results The prevalences of metabolic syndrome and gallstone disease were 24.09% and 6.16%. In an age- and sex-adjusted logistic regression model, metabolic syndrome was associated with gallstone disease (OR = 1.61; P
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- 2014