title: [Alimentary factors and cholecystopathy in rural inhabitants of the Latvian SSR].
abstract: The role of the chemical composition and regimen of nutrition in the development of cholecystopathy was studied in the rural population (aged 20-60) of the Latvian SSR. The right hypochondrium syndrome (RHS) served as a criterion for the cholecystopathy diagnosis. Mass-questioning (283) and questioning (6374) methods were used to register data on nutrition. The chemical composition and energy value of the diets were determined from the data obtained by the mass-questioning method, while the composition of diets and food taking characteristics were assessed using the questioning method. All the subjects investigated were distributed into four groups: clinically normal subjects with normal body weight (NBW); subjects with obesity; those with RHS and NBW; subjects with RHS and obesity. It was found that the nutrition of the rural population was imbalanced and characterized by a high content of animal fats and cholesterol, and a low carbohydrate content, deficiency of unsaturated fatty acids, phospholipids, ballast substances and ascorbic acid as compared to physiological standards. The diets of obesic subjects contained a higher amount of fat and higher energy value as compared to those of the NBW subjects. No statistically significant difference was found in the content of the main nutrients in the food taken by the subjects with RHS as compared to those who had no RHS. This fact indicates the determinant role of obesity in the development of cholecystopathy. The subjects with RHS received less amounts of eggs, vegetables and fruit than those with no RHS. The most manifest abnormal diets were recorded in the subjects with RHS and obesity.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007844:Latvia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Alimentarnye faktory i kholetsistopatiia u sel'skikh zhiteleĭ Latviĭskoĭ SSR.