title: Symptomatic Gallstones in the Young: Changing Trends of the Gallstone Disease-Related Hospitalization in the State of New York: 1996 - 2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the study was to evaluate if the gallstone-related hospitalizations in the young (< 20 years of age) have increased over time in both the Bronx County and New York State as a whole.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed 15 years (1996 - 2010) of Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) data of New York State Department of Health. Patients with ICD-9 code diagnosis of 574 (cholelithiasis) among the first three discharge diagnoses were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total number of all cause admissions to hospitals had increased from 2.44 million to 2.77 million (1996 - 2010). However, gallstone-related hospitalizations had decreased from 1.7% to 1.2%. It was noted that there was a 30% increment in the proportion of those below 20 years of age with gallstone disease requiring hospitalization over the same period. This young patient population contributed only 2.04% to all gallstone-related hospitalizations in 1996, whereas it had increased to 2.96% in 2010. This trend was more pronounced in women, Hispanics and in those who were residing in the Bronx County as compared to all other New York counties combined.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The gallstone-related hospitalizations in the young (< 20 years of age) have increased over time in both the Bronx County and New York State as a whole. This could be due to increasing prevalence of risk factors such as obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes and early pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Sridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chilimuri
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Vinaya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaduputi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tariq
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nayudu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Trupti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vakde
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Mariela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glandt
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, 1650 Selwyn Ave., Suite #10C, Bronx, NY 10457, USA.
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: Changing trends of the gallstone disease; Gallstone and teenage pregnancy; Gallstone in young; Gallstone trend in Bronx; Teenage obesity and gallstone