Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease [electronic resource] : Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Gallstone Disease, held in Rome, December 16–17, 1983 /

I Epidemiology of gallstone disease today -- 1 Why talk about epidemiology of gallstone disease? -- 2 Findings on gallstone disease in the ISTAT investigation -- 3 The GREPCO research programmes: aims and prevalence data -- 4 Epidemiology of cholelithiasis in the Pima Indians -- 5 Epidemiology of gallstone disease: the ‘Sirmione Study’ -- 6 Epidemiology of gallstone disease in Chile -- 7 Cholecystolithiasis in a Danish community; design of a cross-sectional and longitudinal study -- II Metabolic aspects of gallstone disease and lessons from epidemiology -- 8 Physicochemical aspects of cholesterol gallstone formation -- 9 Metabolic factors in pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones: implications for gallstone prevention -- 10 Classification and pathogenesis of pigment gallstones -- 11 Epidemiological and biochemical aspects of an important sequel to cholelithiasis: gallbladder cancer -- 12 Relationships between serum lipids and cholelithiasis: observations in the GREPCO study -- 13 Diabetes mellitus, obesity and cholelithiasis -- 14 High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and the risk of gallbladder disease -- 15 Intestinal metabolism of bile acids and cholelithiasis -- 3 Data from epidemiology and from trials: lessons for clinical practice -- 16 Gallbladder ultrasonography as a diagnostic tool in epidemiological screenings -- 17 Epidemiology and medical treatment of cholesterol gallstones: recurrence, post-dissolution management and the future -- 18 The role of diet in the aetiology of cholelithiasis -- 19 Pathogenic and clinical relationships between endemic salmonellosis and gallstone disease -- 20 Clinical symptoms and gallstone disease: lessons from a population study -- 21 Problems in determining the prognosis of asymptomatic gallstones -- 22 Cholecystectomy and large bowel cancer -- 23 Dietary habits and cholelithiasis -- 4 Prevention of gallstone disease: present status -- 24 Factors associated with gallstone disease: Observations in the GREPCO study -- 2 5 Prevention of coronary heart disease and risk of cholelithiasis -- 26 Long-term natural history of silent gallstones: implications for secondary prevention -- 27 Factors associated with gallstone disease: observations in the ‘Sirmione Study’ -- 28 Prevention of cholelithiasis: intervention on risk factors -- APPENDIX Logistic regression analysis in epidemiological research.