title: A descriptive study of pregnant women with gallstones. Relation to dietary and social habits, education, physical activity, height, and weight.
abstract: Five hundred and twelve women attending the antenatal clinic of the Rotunda Hospital of Dublin were studied by means of abdominal real time ultrasound (US) scanning to establish some of the characteristics of those subjects found to be gallstone-positive, compared to the gallstone-negative control population. Coffee, tea and sucrose consumption, dietary fats, attendance at fast-food restaurants, education, cigarette smoking, alcohol, and physical activity did not show any substantial differences between the two groups, while there was a significantly higher prevalence of cholelithiasis in women who had been dieting and in overweight subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Meath/Adelaide Hospitals, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basso
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: McCollum
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Darling
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tocchi
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003069:Coffee; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004522:Educational Status; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D009043:Motor Activity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011336:Probability; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013662:Tea; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D013662:Tea; D013395:Sucrose