THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHOLESTEROL CHOLELITHIASIS AND CORONARY HEART-DISEASE IN FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHOLESTEROL CHOLELITHIASIS AND CORONARY HEART-DISEASE IN FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113978
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
MCNAMARA, PM
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作者:
BORTNICHAK, EA;FREEMAN, DH;MCNAMARA, PM
A relationship between cholesterol gallstone disease and atherosclerosis or its sequellae has been postulated but has never been adequately proven. Data for this investigation of the relationship of diagnosed cholesterol cholelithiasis to subsequent incident coronary heart disease were obtained from a review of the pre-existing prospectively collected medical records of the 5209 individuals followed since 1952 as members of the original cohort of the Framingham Heart Study. Preliminary univariate examination of these data, making no correction for time ordering of the conditions or for shared risk factors, indicated a significant modest positive association in men but no relationship in women. Logistic multiple regression analyses, allowing for the effects of time ordering and for 8 standard coronary disease risk factors, confirmed these findings. The presence of cholesterol gallstones in male patients may have been indicative of an unfavorable lipoprotein profile. These results had clinical implications in that male gallstone patients were at increased risk for subsequent coronary disease and should be monitored accordingly. This investigation marked the 1st time that a relationship between these conditions was established using a longitudinal cohort study approach.