Prevalence of biliary tract disease in India: a sonographic study in adult population in Kashmir.

Abstract

SUMMARY Sonography was used to investigate the prevalence of symptomatic and silent biliary tract disease, in free living urban population in Kashmir. A randomly drawn sample of 1695 subjects aged 15 years or above was interviewed by a questionnaire. Twenty six had previous cholecystectomies, all for gall stones. Ultrasonography was carried out on 1104 (6541%). The responder rates for ultrasonography in men (64P3%) and in women (66-0%) were similar (p>02). Gall stones were detected in 49 adults. Three of these had previous biliary symptoms. The prevalence of gall stones in adult population was 6412% (men 3 07% and women 9-6%). The prevalence of gall stones rose with age in both sexes to a peak in the sixth decade prevalence of gall stones was significantly higher in age adjusted parous women than in nullipara. There was no correlation with obesity, diet, or socioeconomic status. Five subjects had sonographic appearances of the worm Ascaris lumbricodis in the bile ducts: and had previous biliary symptoms.

Biliary Lithiasis: Prevalence and Ultrasound Profile in a Service Hospital

“…The present study is a prospective analysis of clinicosonological aspects of biliary lithiasis in a service hospital. Various authors have found prevalance rate of [6][7][8]. The overall prevalence of biliary lithiasis as revealed in our study is 11.56%.…”

“…The overall prevalence of biliary lithiasis as revealed in our study is 11.56%. World wide, almost all studies strongly correlate gallstone prevalence with advancing age and report highest prevalence in the oldest age group [6,9,10]. In contrast, our study shows maximum concentration of cases around 50 years.…”

A Comparative Study of Laparoscopic vs. Open Cholecystectomy in a Northwestern Medical School of Bihar

“…However, this trend is now showing pan India presence probably because of migration and mixing of cultures. As many as 16% and 29% of women above the age of 40-49 years and 50-59 years, respectively, had gall stones [1] . For every patient with symptomatic gallstones there are many more with asymptomatic gallstones.…”

Biochemistry of Serum and Bile Cholelithiasis

“…However the said article does not say so. In fact in Kashmir, where cholelithiasis is reported to be rampant [2] the incidence is only 6.12 per cent of the population [3].…”