DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2021.v07i06.019

Pages: 336-339

Background: Obesity is an established risk factor for gallstones. Body mass index (BMI) is a calculation index of general obesity. Waist circumference (WC) is a measure of body fat distribution and always used to estimate abdominal obesity. Using one single measure of obesity could not estimate persons at risk for Gallstone disease precisely. Aims: To Study if there any change in trend of relationship between body mass index/ waist-to height ratio in cholelithiasis patients. Objectives: To associate BMI and waist to height ratio with cholelithiasis. Materials and Methods: Type of study: Descriptive study. Sample size: 90 consenting patients diagnosed to have gallstone disease. Place of study: Department of General Surgery KIMS Hospital Bengaluru. Results: In the present descriptive study, 90 cases diagnosed with gallstone disease were selected by purposive sampling technique. They were between the ages of 21-80 years. Out of the ninety cases, thirty were males (33%) and sixty were females (67%). The female to male ratio was 2:1 Maximum number of cases were seen in the 31-40 and 41-50 year age groups that is forty four cases (48%). With peak incidence in 3rd decade. Body mass index was above normal in fifty nine patients (66%). Waist to height ratio was found to be above normal in sixty one patients (68%). suggestive of strong association with obesity. Conclusion: From the present descriptive study conducted at Department of General Surgery, KIMS Hospital Bengaluru is concluded that obesity has a strong association with gall stone disease, the main indicators of obesity being body mass index and waist to height ratio. The dictum of gall stone disease stating, the disease being more common in a “fertile fatty female of forties” is still valid.