Prevalencia de colelitiasis sintomática en pacientes diabéticos vs no diabéticos en el hospital básico del IESS de la ciudad de Durán, periodo 2015 – 2018.

Abstract

Cholelithiasis and diabetes are conditions that have a high prevalence nationwide, and the relation between both diseases has been studied in numerous occasions with contradictory results: Materials and Methods: Case – Control study that encases patients diagnosed with Cholelithiasis at Hospital Básico IESS in Durán city, we gathered 286 patients in total with a diagnose of Cholelithiasis. Results: 154 patients (53.85% of the sample) had Type 2 DM as an underlying pathology. Conclusions: This study showed a positive association between Cholelithiasis and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.