1999
Recreational Physical Activity and the Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women
Leitzmann M, Rimm E, Willett W, Spiegelman D, Grodstein F, Stampfer M, Colditz G, Giovannucci E. Recreational Physical Activity and the Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women. New England Journal Of Medicine 1999, 341: 777-784. PMID: 10477775, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199909093411101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of cholecystectomyRecreational physical activityMultivariate relative riskPhysical activityGallstone diseaseRelative riskSedentary behaviorHealth StudyBody weightCases of cholecystectomyRecent weight lossNurses' Health StudyYears of ageSymptomatic cholelithiasisDecreased riskLowest quintileRisk factorsCholecystectomyWeight lossWeight changeWomenDiseaseActivity levelsWeeksRisk
1998
The relation of physical activity to risk for symptomatic gallstone disease in men.
Leitzmann MF, Giovannucci EL, Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ, Spiegelman D, Wing AL, Willett WC. The relation of physical activity to risk for symptomatic gallstone disease in men. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1998, 128: 417-25. PMID: 9499324, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-6-199803150-00001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic gallstone diseaseGallstone diseasePhysical activityYears of ageSymptomatic gallstonesBody weightU.S. male health professionalsMale health professionalsProspective cohort studyUse of medicationsMen 65 yearsStrong inverse associationBiliary eventsMen 40Cohort studySmoking habitsExtreme quintilesAlcohol intakeRecent symptomsInverse associationMultiple confoundersMedical conditionsSedentary behaviorHigh riskHealth professionals