[4F's--still up to date risk factors of cholelithiasis].
Cholecystolithiasis is a frequent chronic disease of alimentary track and concerns about 15% of population. Universal application of ultrasonography as extremely sensitive, specific and safe method of examination contributed to considerable specification of the knowledge about the disease. Epidemiologic investigation conducted all over the world allowed for defining many new factors that predispose development of the disease. It seemed appropriate to answer the question whether 4 x F canon (forty--the age over 40 years of age; female--sex; fertile--fertility; fat--obesity) still remains the basic canon among risk factors that determine the development of cholecystolithiasis. On the grounds of the analysis of the literature data it was found that 4 x F canon as the risk factor has not lost any significance.
Z Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych, Autoimmunologicznych i Metabolicznych, Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach. zszwed@interia.pl
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D002769:Cholelithiasis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors