%0 Journal Article
%T Pesquisaje de litiasis vesicular en un sector de poblaci¨®n supuestamente sana
%A Yera Abreus
%A L¨˘zaro
%A C¨˘rdenas Drake
%A Mercedes
%A Guti¨¦rrez Rojas
%A Angel
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
%D 1997
%I ECIMED
%X a study of the frequency of vasicular lithiasis in an apparently sound sector of the population was conducted. it was found a frequency of affection of 6.2%. the predominance of the white race over the black one was just 1.8:1. this affection is much more common in the females than in the males (proportion 9:1), and among individuals over 40 (60%), who are overweight or obese (85%). it may be completely asymptomatic in 50% of the cases.
%K cholelithiasis [epidemiology]
%K risk factors
%K sampling studies
%K cholelithiasis [ultrasonography]
%K interviews.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-21251997000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en