| Title |
Vitamin C supplement use may protect against gallstones: an observational study on a randomly selected population
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Gastroenterology, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-230x-9-74 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas Walcher, Mark M Haenle, Martina Kron, Birgit Hay, Richard A Mason, Daniel Walcher, Gerald Steinbach, Peter Kern, Isolde Piechotowski, Guido Adler, Bernhard O Boehm, Wolfgang Koenig, Wolfgang Kratzer, the EMIL study group |
| Abstract |
Animal experiments have shown a protective effect of vitamin C on the formation of gallstones. Few data in humans suggest an association between reduced vitamin C intake and increased prevalence of gallstone disease. The aim of this study was to assess the possible association of regular vitamin C supplementation with gallstone prevalence. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 23 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 26 | 33% |
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