The prevalence rate of cholelithiasis and its relationship with gender and age in the elderly of health examina-tion population in Nanning
LI Kun
HUANG Ding-gui
LIU Tian-qi
Abstract：Objective To investigate the prevalence rate of cholelithiasis and its relationship with gender and age in the elderly of health examination population in Nanning .Methods The prevalence rate of cholelithiasis of 2 257 cases in 2011,ranging from 60 to 93 years old,were investigated.According to the age, the cases were divided to 3 groups:group A:the age from 60 to 69 years,group B:the age from 70 to 79years,group C:the age≥80 years, The data was analysed by SPSS17.0.Results The total prevalence rate of cholelithiasis was 12.5%, and all patients suffered from gallbladder stones except 2 cases with bile duct stone.In both of the total and each group , female prev-alence rate of cholelithiasis was significantly higher than male ′s(P<0.01).Female prevalence rate of cholelithiasis was increased with age(P<0.05),and the 80~93 age group was the highest. Male prevalence rate of cholelithiasis was not related with age(P>0.05).Conclusion Most of the cholelithiasis in the elderly of health examination pop-ulation in Nanning are gallbladder stones , and the proportion of bile duct stones is very low .Female prevalence rate of cholelithiasis was significantly higher than male′s.Female prevalence rate of cholelithiasis was increased with age .
Keywords：The elderlyCholelithiasisGenderAge
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 842-844 )