Clinical Study

Risk Factors for Recurrence of Symptomatic Common Bile Duct Stones after Cholecystectomy

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Recurrence
Group
( 𝑛 = 1 5 )
Nonrecurrence
Group
( 𝑛 = 1 2 9 )
𝑃 value

Age (years)66.9 ± 13.559 ± 14.50.05
Male, % ( 𝑛 ) 26.7 (4/15)49.6 (64/129)0.11
BMI 23.2 ± 2.224.5 ± 2.90.1
Alcohol, % ( 𝑛 ) 13.3 (2/15)19.4 (25/129)0.74
Smoking, % ( 𝑛 ) 13.3 (2/15)20.9 (27/129)0.74
DM, % ( 𝑛 )20 (3/15)14.7 (19/129)0.70
Hypertension, % ( 𝑛 )53.3 (8/15)32.6 (42/129)0.15