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