Gallstones and Gallbladder Cancer in Southwestern Native Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2924616 |
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| Authors | Albert B Lowenfels (0000-0003-3631-4530, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 77-85 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Indian Culture and Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-6463 • E-ISSN: 0161-6463 |
| Publisher | UCLA American Indian Studies Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.17953/aicr.16.3.f253kr6211118278 |
| OpenAlex | W2246402611 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
We have studied the relationship between gallstones and gallbladder cancer in American Indians located in the southwestern United States. As determined in a case-control study, the overall age-and sex-adjusted relative risk for this group was 20.9 (95 percent confidence interval 8.1-54). The corresponding relative risk for non-Indian subjects was significantly less: 4.4 (95 percent confidence interval 2.6-7.3). Indian subjects were more likely to have stones >cm than non-Indian subjects: Age-adjusted odds ratio = 1.5, 95 percent confidence interval 1.2-2.00. Large stones appear to be associated with an increased risk of gallbladder cancer, perhaps because they have been present longer than small stones
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| Highly cited | No |
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