The proportion of gallstone and some its risk factors in Thai Binh
- Author:
Nguyen Trong Khin
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
gallstone
- MeSH:
Gallstones;
Risk Factors;
Epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;517(8):62-65
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A survey on the proportion of gallstone in 13,301 people who live in Thai Binh province. The incidence of common stone include gall-bladder stone, bile-duct stone and gall-bladder and bile-duct stone in which 1.9% in rural area and 3.4% in urban area. The proportion of gall-bladder stone in urban area is 3.16%, two times higher than its proportion in rural area: 1.42% (p< 0.001). Some risk factors of gallstone are elderly, male, low education, high body mass index and other jobs except farmers.
