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Epidemiology and Risk Factor of the Gallstone Disease in a Southern Tropical Country

Received: 12 November 2019     Accepted: 4 December 2019     Published: 13 December 2019
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Despite the tendency to westernize our way of life, the Malagasy culture keeps its peculiarities. We report the epidemiological features of patients with cholelithiasis in our population in order to raise hypothesis about their risk factors. This is a retrospective descriptive multicenter and analytical case-control study of patients with cholelithiasis as "cases" and non-carriers of cholelithiasis as "controls". The odds ratios (ORs) were calculated with a 95% confidence interval to verify the correlation between food consumption and the occurrence of cholelithiasis. 51 patients were respectively enrolled for both groups. Consumption of animal products and legumes, such as offal (OR 95% CI 3.23-1.36-7.67), chicken (OR 95% CI 8.85 [3.02-25.9]), peas (OR 95% CI 1.13 [0.43 - 2.95]) and Bambara peas (OR 95% CI 1.31 [0.57 - 3.01 ]) would expose the risk of occurrence of cholelithiasis. In contrast, whole milk (OR 95% CI 1.27 [0.58 - 2.77]), sweet potato (OR 95% CI 0.72 [0.23 - 2.25]) and cassava (OR 95% CI 0.83 [0.36 - 1.92]) would be a protective factor. To conclude, the diversification of our fruits and vegetables could be an asset to reduce the frequency of occurrence of cholelithiasis, giving priority to their consumption.

Published in European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20190506.11
Page(s) 73-78
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Keywords

Epidemiology, Gallstones, Madagascar, Risk Factor

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    Solonirina Davidà Rakotomena, Sedera Arimino, Finaritra Casimir Fleur Prudence Rahantasoa, Antso Hasina Raherinandrasana, Tianarivelo Rajaonarivony, et al. Epidemiology and Risk Factor of the Gallstone Disease in a Southern Tropical Country. Eur J Clin Biomed Sci. 2019;5(6):73-78. doi: 10.11648/j.ejcbs.20190506.11

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      abstract = {Despite the tendency to westernize our way of life, the Malagasy culture keeps its peculiarities. We report the epidemiological features of patients with cholelithiasis in our population in order to raise hypothesis about their risk factors. This is a retrospective descriptive multicenter and analytical case-control study of patients with cholelithiasis as "cases" and non-carriers of cholelithiasis as "controls". The odds ratios (ORs) were calculated with a 95% confidence interval to verify the correlation between food consumption and the occurrence of cholelithiasis. 51 patients were respectively enrolled for both groups. Consumption of animal products and legumes, such as offal (OR 95% CI 3.23-1.36-7.67), chicken (OR 95% CI 8.85 [3.02-25.9]), peas (OR 95% CI 1.13 [0.43 - 2.95]) and Bambara peas (OR 95% CI 1.31 [0.57 - 3.01 ]) would expose the risk of occurrence of cholelithiasis. In contrast, whole milk (OR 95% CI 1.27 [0.58 - 2.77]), sweet potato (OR 95% CI 0.72 [0.23 - 2.25]) and cassava (OR 95% CI 0.83 [0.36 - 1.92]) would be a protective factor. To conclude, the diversification of our fruits and vegetables could be an asset to reduce the frequency of occurrence of cholelithiasis, giving priority to their consumption.},
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  • Faculty of Medecine, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Faculty of Medecine, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Faculty of Medecine, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Faculty of Medecine, Antananarivo, Madagascar

  • Faculty of Medecine, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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