Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic	Value
Number of patients	237
Male	123
Female	114
Age in yr	47.675 ± 15.625 (20-78)
Gallbladder stone
Number of stones	2.318 ± 3.500 (1-20)
Size in mm	7.343 ± 4.298 (1-22)
UDCA	68
Hypertension	125
Hyperlipidemia	119
Diabetes mellitus	110
Cerebrovascular disease	42
Chronic respiratory disease	37
Cardiac disease	28
Chronic liver disease	35
Chronic renal disease	42
Malignant disease	10

UDCA: Ursodeoxycholic acid.