title: [Incidence of cholecystolithiasis in a population 20-59 years of age].
abstract: In 1989-1990 sonographic examination of the gallbladder of 1186 people aged 20-59 years revealed in 262 cholecystolithiasis (22.1%). The group comprised 477 men (40.2%) and 709 women (59.8%). The general prevalence which is 22.1% comprises prevalence of sonographically revealed lithiasis--213 patients (18%) and lithiasis treated by cholecystectomy before sonographic examination--49 patients (4.1%). Among men cholecystolithiasis was revealed in 60 (12.6%) and among women in 202 (28.5%). The author discusses the relationship of cholecystolithiasis and body weight and the incidence of the disease in the family.
authors.affiliation: Interní oddĕlení, nemocnice s poliklinikou, Krnov.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zoubek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003604:Czechoslovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Výskyt cholecystolitiázy v populacní skupinĕ 20-59 let vĕku.