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Gallstones raise the risk of heart disease by a fifth

Gallstones raise the risk of heart disease by a fifth

A new meta-analysis, using data from hundreds of thousands of individuals, finds that gallbladder disease and heart disease are more intertwined than previously thought.The reasons behind this connection are, as yet, unclear.Gallstones' links to heart disease run deeper than previously thought.Gallstones' links to heart disease run deeper than previously thought.


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Study: Gallstone disease may increase heart disease risk

Study: Gallstone disease may increase heart disease risk

|Photo from ThinkstockA history of gallstone disease may increase the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study by Tulane University researchers published in the American Heart Association's journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.Researchers analyzed the relationship between history of gallstones and the development of coronary heart disease using data from more than 840,000 participants in seven studies, which included more than 51,000 cases of coronary heart disease.They found that a history of gallstone disease increased the risk of developing coronary heart disease by 23 percent."Our results suggest that patients with gallstone disease should be monitored closely based on a careful assessment of both gallstone and heart disease risk factors," said study senior author Dr. Lu Qi, HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and professor of epidemiology at Tulane.


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Gallstones linked to higher heart disease risk

Gallstones linked to higher heart disease risk

People who've suffered gallstones may have a slightly increased risk of developing heart disease down the road, a large new study suggests.In a group of more than one-quarter million U.S. adults, researchers found those with a history of gallstones were 17 percent more likely to develop heart disease over the next few decades.Gallstones and heart disease share some of the same risk factors -- such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and unhealthy cholesterol levels.But those risk factors couldn't completely explain away the finding, the researchers said.