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C. Li Castri

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Breast Cancer Incidence in Palermo City (Italy)

1996

Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyObstetricsbusiness.industryIncidenceGeneral NeuroscienceIncidence (epidemiology)Age FactorsBreast NeoplasmsMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyBreast cancerItalyHistory and Philosophy of SciencemedicineHumansFemalebusinessAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Prevalence of biliary lithiasis in the elderly people of a small town in Sicily

1992

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of biliary lithiasis (BL) and its major associated factors in the elderly people of a small town in Sicily. All inhabitants over the age of 65 were interviewed and underwent a general physical examination, blood tests and ultrasonography of the gallbladder and biliary tracts. The final group included 328 subjects (162 men and 166 women), representing 63.1% of the population asked to participate, with a mean age of 74.3 +/- 6.8 years (range 65-95). The prevalence of BL (lithiasis in progress + subjects cholecystectomized for previous calculosis) was 18.6%. No male subject had been cholecystectomized. Prevalence was higher in women …

Cross-Cultural ComparisonMaleRural PopulationAgingmedicine.medical_specialtyCross-sectional studyPopulationPhysical examinationCholelithiasisRisk FactorsInternal medicineEpidemiologymedicineHumansBlood testCholecystectomyeducationSicilyAgedAged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryIncidenceIncidence (epidemiology)GallbladderHepatobiliary diseaseGeneral MedicineLipidsSurgeryCross-Sectional Studiesmedicine.anatomical_structureFemaleGeriatrics and Gerontologybusiness
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