Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease : Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease, Held in Rome, December 16–17, 1983

Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Why talk about epidemiology of gallstone disease?....Pages 3-4 Findings on gallstone disease in the ISTAT investigation....Pages 5-8 The GREPCO research programmes: aims and prevalence data....Pages 9-14 Epidemiology of cholelithiasis in the Pima Indians....Pages 15-22 Epidemiology of gallstone disease: The ‘Sirmione Study’....Pages 23-25 Epidemiology of gallstone disease in Chile....Pages 26-30 Cholecystolithiasis in a Danish community: design of a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey....Pages 31-34 Front Matter....Pages 35-35 Physicochemical aspects of cholesterol gallstone formation....Pages 37-48 Metabolic factors in pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones: implications for gallstone prevention....Pages 49-57 Classification and pathogenesis of pigment gallstones....Pages 58-63 Epidemiological and biochemical aspects of an important sequel to cholelithiasis: gallbladder cancer....Pages 64-76 Relationships between serum lipids and cholelithiasis: observations in the GREPCO study....Pages 77-84 Diabetes mellitus, obesity and cholelithiasis....Pages 85-91 High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the risk of gallbladder disease....Pages 92-97 Intestinal metabolism of bile acids and cholelithiasis....Pages 98-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Gallbladder ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool in epidemiological screenings....Pages 111-115 Epidemiology and medical treatment of cholesterol gallstones: recurrence, post-dissolution management and the future....Pages 116-128 The role of diet in the aetiology of cholelithiasis....Pages 129-143 Pathogenic and clinical relationships between endemic salmonellosis and gallstone disease....Pages 144-152 Clinical symptoms and gallstone disease: lessons from a population study....Pages 153-157 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Problems in determining the prognosis of asymptomatic gallstones....Pages 158-167 Cholecystectomy and large bowel cancer....Pages 168-174 Dietary habits and cholelithiasis....Pages 175-181 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Factors associated with gallstone disease: observations in the GREPCO study....Pages 185-192 Prevention of coronary heart disease and risk of cholelithiasis....Pages 193-198 Long-term natural history of silent gallstones: implications for secondary prevention....Pages 199-206 Factors associated with gallstone disease: observations in the ‘Sirmione Study’....Pages 207-209 Prevention of cholelithiasis: intervention on risk factors....Pages 210-222 Back Matter....Pages 223-240