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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhao SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6434232 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Experimental and therapeutic medicine 20190221 4
Increasing evidence connects gallstone disease (GD) to cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CVD). The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine whether and to what extent an association between GD and CVD existed. PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were systemically searched up to March 3rd, 2018. A total of 10 studies (1,272,177 participants; 13,833 records; 5 prospective cohorts and 5 retrospective cohorts) were included. It was demonstrated that GD was associated ...[more]