Objective To investigate whether gallstone disease (GD) increases the risk of developing
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a large population-based cohort. Methods A study …

Gallstone disease (GD) is a common digestive disorder that shares many risk factors with
cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is an important public health issue that encompasses a …

Abstract Knowledge about temporal associations for screen-detected gallstone disease and
cardiovascular disease is limited. The objective of this study was to determine if screen …

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a multifactorial disease with complex interplay between
multiple genetic variants. We performed Classification and Regression Tree Analysis …

Despite the very high prevalence of gallstone disease, studies of familial factors are very
few, and asymptomatic family members were not studied. We studied, in a prospective …

Gallbladder cancer is a malignancy of biliary tract which is infrequent in developed countries
but common in some specific geographical regions of developing countries. Late diagnosis …

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic, slowly progressive cholestatic autoimmune
liver disease predominantly afflicting women. PBC is characterized by the presence of …

We investigated the hypothesis that coinheritance of the common A (TA) nTAA promoter
mutation at the UGT1A1 locus associated with Gilbert syndrome is a risk factor for gallstone …

INTRODUCTION: Genetic polymorphisms in apolipoprotein genes may be associated with
alteration in lipid profile and susceptibility to gallstone disease. AIM: To determine the …

A large-scale, genome-wide association study was performed to identify genetic variations
influencing serum bilirubin levels using 8841 Korean individuals. Significant associations …