Relationship between body mass index (BMI) and gallstones

Relationship between the incidence of symptomatic gallstones (defined as cholecystectomy or newly diagnosed symptomatic unremoved gallstones) and BMI in the Nurse's Health Study.

Reproduced with permission from: the American Gastroenterological Association. Klein S, Wadden T, Sugerman HJ. AGA technical review on obesity. Gastroenterology 2002; 123:882.

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