title: Prevalence of hyperlipoproteinemia in men with gallstone disease.
abstract: Lipoprotein disorders are associated with changes in the bile lipid composition, and gallstone disease has been reported to be common in hyperlipoproteinemic patients. To find out whether there is a significant correlation between hyperlipoproteinemia and gallstone disease, we compared the prealence of hyperlipoproteinemia in a consecutive series of male gallstone patients with that in an age-matched consecutive series of gallstone-free patients. The gallstone patients were hyperlipoproteinemic in 43.5% as compared with 22.5% in the control patients. This difference was statistically significant. Prebetahyperlipoproteinemia (type IV) was the most common lipoprotein disorder in gallstone patients as well as in control patients.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications*; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol