Frequency of gallstones and mean BMI in decompensated cirrhosis

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of gallstones in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and to know about mean Body mass index (BMI) in patients of decompensated cirrhosis i.e End stage liver disease (ESLD) with and without gallstones. METHODS: It is a cross sectional descriptive study, conducted at the department of Hepato-gastroenterology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi from 1st August 2014 to 28 February 2015. Two hundred patients were enrolled from outpatient clinics of Hepato-gastroenterology that fulfilled the defined selection criteria. Questionnaire was filled for data collection. SPSS version 20.0 was used to analyze data. Mean value of age and BMI was calculated by mean S.D. values. Mean SD was also calculated for BMI in patients with and without gallstones. Stratification of the age, gender, and liver disease severity were done and Chi-Square test was applied. P-values less than 0.05 considered statistically significant.

Keywords

• end stage liver disease
• cholelithiasis
• body mass index